Does Size Really Matter?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 634-635

  Kinney, Timothy P ^a   Waxman, Irving ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Section of Gastroentrology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 2342610585     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.04065.x     Document Type: Editorial

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