Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors of the stomach. A study of 17 cases

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-20

  Chatzipantelis, Paschalis ^a   Salla, Charitini ^a   Karoumpalis, Ioannis ^a   Apessou, Dimitra ^a   Sakellariou, Stratigoula ^a   Doumani, Irini ^a   Papaliodi, Evgenia ^a   Konstantinou, Panagiotis ^a  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasound; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Gastrointestinal stromal tumors; Stomach

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SPINDLE CELL; STOMACH TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 42449114523     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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