Evaluation of metastatic celiac axis lymph nodes in patients with esophageal carcinoma: Accuracy of EUS

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 352-356

  Catalano, Marc F ^a   Alcocer, Eduardo ^a   Chak, Amitabh ^a   Nguyen, Cuong C ^a   Raijman, Isaac ^a   Geenen, Joseph E ^a   Lahoti, Sandeep ^a   Sivak Jr , Michael V ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032871511     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ge.1999.v50.98154     Document Type: Article

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