Gastrointestinal endoscopic ultrasonography

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1289-1317

  Sandhu, Iqbal S ^a   Bhutani, Manoop S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036866002     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7125(02)00078-0     Document Type: Review

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