Endoscopic ultrasonography

Endoscopy

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1098-1105

  Bruno, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER STAGING; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS TUMOR; LEIOMYOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM DISEASE; STOMACH CANCER;

BILE DUCT DISEASES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATIC DISEASES;

EID: 33751510679     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-944852     Document Type: Article

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