Endoscopic ultrasound: Moving from diagnostics to therapeutics

Journal of Digestive Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 117-128

  Ang, Tiing Leong ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Drainage; Endosonography; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; ALCOHOL; GEMCITABINE; INTERLEUKIN 12; ONYX 015; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CELIAC PLEXUS; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; NEUROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS DUCT STENOSIS; PANCREATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; DRAINAGE; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 48249102674     PISSN: 17512972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-2980.2008.00333.x     Document Type: Review

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