How far have we come with ultrasound miniprobes?

Endoscopy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 329-332

  Chak, Amitabh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

CATHETERIZATION; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS;

EID: 0032892032     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-21     Document Type: Editorial

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