Interobserver agreement for endosonography in the diagnosis of pancreatic cysts

Endoscopy

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 579-584

  De Jong, K ^a   Verlaan, T ^a   Dijkgraaf, M G ^a   Poley, J W ^b   Van Dullemen, H ^c   Bruno, M J ^b   Fockens, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; CYSTADENOMA; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS TUMOR; MEDICAL EXPERT; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING;

ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANCREATIC CYST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 79959620415     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1256434     Document Type: Article

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