Presence of lymph node vasculature: A new eus criterion for benign nodes?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 118-121

  Hall, Joshua D ^a   Kahaleh, Michel ^a   White, Grace E ^a   Talreja, Jayant ^a   Northup, Patrick G ^a   Shami, Vanessa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasound; Fine needle aspiration; Malignancy; Mediastinal lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULARIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58149299630     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-008-0314-y     Document Type: Article

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