The learning curve for EUS-guided FNA of pancreatic cancer

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-37

  Mertz, Howard ^a,b   Gautam, Shiva ^a,b  

^a Vanderbilt University ^*

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0345742766     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(03)02028-5     Document Type: Article

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