Gastric schwannomas: Endosonographic characteristics

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 388-390

  Jung, Min Kyu ^a   Jeon, Seong Woo ^a   Cho, Chang Min ^a   Tak, Won Young ^a   Kweon, Young Oh ^a   Kim, Sung Kook ^a   Choi, Yong Hwan ^a   Bae, Han Ik ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endosonography; Gastrointestinal stromal tumors; Neoplasm; Schwannoma; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH NEURINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 44049085095     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-007-9291-4     Document Type: Article

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