Endoscopic ultrasound fine needle aspiration of pancreatic lesions: Is a smaller needle safer and better?

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 587-588

  Othman, Mohamed O ^a   Raimondo, Massimo ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEEDLE; NOTE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79960361901     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2011.05.014     Document Type: Note

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