Evaluation of needle size for breast biopsy: Comparison of 14-, 16-, and 18-gauge biopsy needles

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-63

  Helbich, Thomas H ^a   Rudas, Margret ^a   Haitel, Andrea ^a   Kohlberger, Petra D ^a   Thurnher, Majda ^a   Gnant, Michael ^a   Wunderbaldinger, Patrick ^a   Wolf, Georg ^a   Mostbeck, Gerhard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 0031831263     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.171.1.9648764     Document Type: Article

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