Randomized comparison of power Doppler ultrasound-directed excisional biopsy with standard excisional biopsy for the characterization of lymphadenopathies in patients with suspected lymphoma

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 3733-3740

  Picardi, Marco ^a   Gennarelli, Nicola ^a   Ciancia, Rosanna ^a   De Renzo, Amalia ^a   Gargiulo, Giovanna ^a   Ciancia, Giuseppe ^a   Sparano, Lucianna ^a   Zeppa, Pio ^a   Martinelli, Vincenzo ^a   Pettinato, Guido ^a   Lobello, Roberto ^a   Pane, Fabrizio ^a   Rotoli, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 4644244125     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2004.02.171     Document Type: Article

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