Preoperative tissue diagnosis for tumours of the pancreas

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-20

  Hartwig, W ^a   Schneider, L ^a   Diener, M K ^a   Bergmann, F ^a   Buchler M W ^a   Werner, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC CYST; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 58149498416     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6407     Document Type: Review

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