Accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound elastography used for differential diagnosis of focal pancreatic masses: A multicenter study

Endoscopy

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 596-603

  Saftoiu A ^a,b   Vilmann, P ^b   Gorunescu, F ^a   Janssen, J ^c   Hocke, M ^d   Larsen, M ^e   Iglesias Garcia, J ^f   Arcidiacono, P ^g   Will, U ^h   Giovannini, M ⁱ   Dietrich, C ^j   Havre, R ^k   Gheorghe, C ^l   McKay, C ^m   Gheonea, D I ^a   Ciurea, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^d Hospital Meiningen   (Germany)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^g VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^h SRH Wald Klinikum   (Germany)

ⁱ INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

^j CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^l FUNDENI CLINICAL INSTITUTE   (Romania)

^m GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANCREAS CANCER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 79959839774     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1256314     Document Type: Article

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