Experimental endoscopy: objective evaluation of EUS needles

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 509-516

  Itoi, Takao ^a   Itokawa, Fumihide ^a   Kurihara, Toshio ^a   Sofuni, Atsushi ^a   Tsuchiya, Takayoshi ^a   Ishii, Kentaro ^a   Tsuji, Shujiro ^a   Ikeuchi, Nobuhito ^a   Kawai, Takashi ^a   Moriyasu, Fuminori ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; NEEDLES;

EID: 60349083189     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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