EUS elastography for diagnosis of solid pancreatic masses: A meta-analysis

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 578-589

  Mei, Mei ^a   Ni, Jingmei ^a   Liu, Dan ^b   Jin, Piaopiao ^a   Sun, Leimin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EMBASE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID PANCREATIC MASS; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84875176443     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2012.09.035     Document Type: Article

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