The Natural History of Upper Gastrointestinal Subepithelial Tumors:A Multicenter Endoscopic Ultrasound Survey

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 723-726

  Gill, Kanwar R S ^a   Camellini, Lorenzo ^a   Conigliaro, Rita ^b   Sassatelli, Romano ^b   Azzolini, Francesco ^c   Messerotti, Alessandro ^c   Woodward, Timothy A ^c   Wallace, Micheal B ^c   Jamil, Laith H ^c   Raimondo, Massimo ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit   (United States)

^c Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit New S Agostino Estense Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS); Fine needle aspiration (FNA); Subepithelial tumors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 69649103961     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31818a8457     Document Type: Article

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