Characterization of small solid tumors in the pancreas: The value of contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasonography

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 303-310

  Kitano, Masayuki ^a   Kudo, Masatoshi ^a   Yamao, Kenji ^b   Takagi, Tadayuki ^b   Sakamoto, Hiroki ^a   Komaki, Takamitsu ^a   Kamata, Ken ^a   Imai, Hajime ^a   Chiba, Yasutaka ^a   Okada, Masahiro ^a   Murakami, Takamichi ^a   Takeyama, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CONTRAST ENHANCED HARMONIC ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84856715064     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2011.354     Document Type: Article

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