Is it possible to differentiate gastric GISTs from gastric leiomyomas by EUS?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 3376-3381

  Kim, Gwang Ha ^a   Park, Do Youn ^a   Kim, Suk ^a   Kim, Dae Hwan ^a   Kim, Dong Heon ^a   Choi, Cheol Woong ^a   Heo, Jeong ^a   Song, Geun Am ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasonography; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH TUMOR; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; ROC CURVE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349571150     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.3376     Document Type: Article

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