The reliability of EUS for the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis: Interobserver agreement among experienced endosonographers

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 294-299

  Wallace, Michael B ^a   Hawes, Robert H ^a   Durkalski, Valerie ^a   Chak, Amitabh ^a   Mallery, Shawn ^a   Catalano, Marc F ^a   Wiersema, Maurits J ^a   Bhutani, Manoop S ^a   Ciaccia, Donato ^a   Kochman, Michael L ^a   Gress, Frank G ^a   Van Velse, Annette ^a   Hoffman, Brenda J ^a  

^a University Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANCREAS STONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0035095719     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(01)70401-4     Document Type: Article

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