The mistletoe and cyst-fluid analysis: a sticky insight

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 703-704

  Brugge, William R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MUCIN 1; MUCIN 2;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA CONTENT; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOMETRY; VISCOSITY;

AMYLASES; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CA-19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYST FLUID; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; CYSTADENOMA, MUCINOUS; CYSTADENOMA, SEROUS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LIPASE; MUCINS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33749991144     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.04.019     Document Type: Editorial

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