EUS-guided FNA for GI stromal tumors: caveat lector

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 659-660

  da Silveira, Eduardo B ^a   Artifon, Everson L ^a   Garcia, Ruel T ^a  

^a San Jose Gastroenterology San Jose   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYTOLOGY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LETTER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINDLE CELL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77249110792     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.07.034     Document Type: Letter

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