A systematic review on the clinical diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 384-392

  Scarpa, Marco ^a,b   Bertin, Matteo ^b   Ruffolo, Cesare ^b   Polese, Lino ^b   D'Amico, Davide F ^b   Angriman, Imerio ^b  

^a VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Endoscopic ultrasound; Endoscopy; Gastrointestinal stromal tumors; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ALGORITHM; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 53549116475     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21120     Document Type: Review

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