Interobserver agreement on the endosonographic features of lymph nodes in aerodigestive malignancies

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3204-3208

  De Melo Jr , Silvio W ^a   Panjala, Chakri ^a   Crespo, Sergio ^a   Diehl, Nancy N ^a   Woodward, Timothy A ^a   Raimondo, Massimo ^a   Wallace, Michael B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasound; Endosonographic feature; Fine needle aspiration; Inter observer agreement; Malignant lymph node

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL EXPERT; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 82555174445     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-011-1725-8     Document Type: Article

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