Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biopsy for the diagnosis of focal lesions of the spleen

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1022-1027

  Fritscher Ravens, Annette ^a   Mylonaki, Maria ^b   Pantes, Athenasios ^b   Topalidis, Theodoros ^b   Thonke, Frank ^b   Swain, Paul ^b  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; METASTASIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SERRATIA; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLEEN BIOPSY; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLEEN TUMOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0038071438     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(03)00103-5     Document Type: Article

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