Prospective evaluation of balloon-sheathed catheter US system

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 758-763

  Schembre, Drew ^a,b   Chak, Amitabh ^a,b   Stevens, Peter ^a,b   Isenberg, Gerard ^a,b   Sivak, Michael V ^a,b   Lightdale, Charles J ^a,b  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TUMOR; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CATHETERIZATION; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035378515     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2001.111040     Document Type: Article

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