Endosonographic features predictive of benign and malignant gastrointestinal stromal cell tumours

Gut

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 88-92

  Palazzo, L ^a   Landi, B ^a   Cellier, C ^a   Cuillerier, E ^a   Roseau, G ^a   Barbier, J P ^a  

^a Hopital Laennec   (France)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasonography; Gastrointestinal; Leiomyoblastoma; Leiomyoma; Leiomyosarcoma; Stromal cell tumours

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; LEIOMYOBLASTOMA; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TUMOR; STOMACH TUMOR; STROMA CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOMA, EPITHELIOID; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034071969     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.46.1.88     Document Type: Article

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