Advantages and limitations of endoscopic ultrasonography in the evaluation and management of patients with gastrointestinal submucosal tumors: A review

Reviews in Gastroenterological Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 179-192

  Il, Kwun Chung ^a   Hawes, Robert H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasonography; Endoscopy; Fine needle aspiration; Gastrointestinal tumors; Histology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBMUCOSA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 37849045830     PISSN: 1533001X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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