Ultrasound-guided biopsies of abdominal organs with an automatic biopsy system: A retrospective analysis of the quality of biopsies and of hemorrhagic complications

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 102-107

  Riemann, B ^a   Menzel, J ^a   Schiemann, U ^a   Domschke, W ^a   Konturek, Jan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biopsy systems; Hemorrhage; Ultrasound guided biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY DEVICE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0033968542     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655200750024614     Document Type: Article

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