Abdominal and pelvic needle aspiration biopsies: Can we perform them well when using small needles?

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 321-328

  Stockberger Jr , S M ^a   Ambrosius, W T ^a   Khamis, M G ^a   Bergan, K A ^a   Younger, C L ^a   Davidson, D D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Biopsies; Pelvis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PELVIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMEN; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; NEEDLES; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0344731279     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900508     Document Type: Article

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