For EUSGuided FNA of solid pancreatic masses, bigger is not always better

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 801-802

  Siddiqui, Uzma D ^a   Aslanian, Harry R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LETTER; NEEDLE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS MASS; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79953784447     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.499     Document Type: Letter

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