Efficacy of endoscopic ultrasound in characterizing mass lesions in chronic pancreatitis

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-85

  Sreenarasimhaiah, Jayaprakash ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; Endoscopic ultrasound; Pancreatic mass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37549069688     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31802c4bfb     Document Type: Article

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