Diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 504-508

  Church, Nicholas I ^a   Palmer, Kelvin R ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; SOMATOSTATIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; SEDATION; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0032755677     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001574-199911000-00008     Document Type: Article

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