Efficacy, safety, and predictive factors for a positive yield of EUS-guided trucut biopsy: A large tertiary referral center experience

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 584-591

  Thomas, Titus ^a   Kaye, Phillip V ^a   Ragunath, Krish ^a   Aithal, Guruprasad ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED TRUCUT BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH BIOPSY;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 61949385819     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2008.97     Document Type: Article

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