Hypoechoic foci on EUS are simple and strong predictive factors for neoplastic gallbladder polyps

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1244-1250

  Cho, Jae Hee ^a   Park, Jeong Youp ^a   Kim, Yoon Jae ^a   Kim, Hee Man ^a   Kim, Hong Jeong ^a   Hong, Sung Pil ^a   Park, Seung Woo ^a   Chung, Jae Bock ^a   Song, Si Young ^a   Bang, Seungmin ^a  

^a Seonam University of Medicine Myongji Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GALLBLADDER POLYP; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 66049132532     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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