Intraobserver agreement among endosonographers for endoscopic ultrasound features of chronic pancreatitis: A blinded multicenter study

Pancreas

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-180

  Lieb II, John G ^a   Palma, David T ^b   Garvan, Cynthia W ^b   Leblanc, Julia K ^c   Romagnuolo, Joseph ^d   Farrell, James J ^e   Savides, Thomas J ^f   Eloubeidi, Mohamad A ^g   Draganov, Peter V ^b   Forsmark, Chris E ^b   Wagh, Mihir S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic pancreatitis; endoscopic ultrasound (EUS); intraobserver; Rosemont; variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSONOGRAPHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS DUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951723229     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e3182016a25     Document Type: Article

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