Transabdominal ultrasound for visualizing gastric submucosal tumors diagnosed by endosonography: Can surveillance be simplified?

Endoscopy

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 979-983

  Polkowski, M ^a   Palucki, J ^b   Butruk, E ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DOCUMENTATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADULT; AGED; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 18744378818     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-35839     Document Type: Article

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