Endoscopic ultrasound and Computed Tomography in gastric stromal tumours;Ecografia endoscopica e TC nei tumori stromali gastrici

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 65-73

  Belloni, Massimo ^a,b   De Fiori, Elvio ^b   Mazzarol, Giovanni ^b   Curti, Alessandra ^a   Crosta, Cristiano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed Tomography; GIST; Stomach, tumors; Ultrasound, endoscopic

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STOMACH TUMOR;

AGED; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1942490135     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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