Endoscopic ultrasound - Guided fine needle aspiration in the diagnosis of mediastinal masses of unknown origin

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2559-2565

  Catalano, Marc F ^a,e   Rosenblatt, Mark L ^a   Chak, Amitabh ^b   Sivak Jr , Michael V ^b   Scheiman, James ^c   Gress, Frank ^d  

^a ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0036790771     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(02)04381-2     Document Type: Article

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