An evidence-based consensus statement on the role and application of endosonography in clinical practice

Endoscopy

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 979-987

  Maluf Filho, F ^a   Dotti, C M ^c   Halwan, B ^b   Queiros, A F ^a   Kupski, C ^d   Chaves, D M ^e   Nakao, F S ^f   Kumar, A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Endoscopy   (Brazil)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e Fleury   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^g STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ASCITES; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CELIAC PLEXUS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHOID TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MEDIASTINUM CYST; MEDICAL STAFF; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; NEUROLYSIS; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CYST; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; REVIEW; SEDATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID TUMOR; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR CELL;

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS;

EID: 70350654432     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1215192     Document Type: Review

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