Role of EUS

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 425-434

  Gan, S Ian ^a   Rajan, Elizabeth ^a   Adler, Douglas G ^a   Baron, Todd H ^a   Anderson, Michelle A ^a   Cash, Brooks D ^a   Davila, Raquel E ^a   Dominitz, Jason A ^a   Harrison III, M Edwyn ^a   Ikenberry, Steven O ^a   Lichtenstein, David ^a   Qureshi, Waqar ^a   Shen, Bo ^a   Zuckerman, Mark ^a   Fanelli, Robert D ^a   Lee, Kenneth K ^a   Van Guilder, Trina ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER STAGING; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FECES INCONTINENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINAL ADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MEDLINE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PERIANAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH LYMPHOMA; SUBMUCOSA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34548090526     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.05.026     Document Type: Article

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