Levels of evidence in endoscopic ultrasonography: A systematic review

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 602-609

  Fusaroli, Pietro ^a,b   Kypraios, Dimitrios ^a   Eloubeidi, Mohamad A ^c   Caletti, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Osp di Castel S Pietro Terme (BO)   (Italy)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasonography; Fine needle aspiration; Levels of evidence; Medical literature

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CELIAC PLEXUS; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; STANDARD;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS;

EID: 84859479716     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-011-1961-y     Document Type: Review

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