Carcinoid Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract
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Gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors.
OBJECTIVE carcinoid tumors (CTs) represent the commonest neuroendocrine tumors. Those in the gastrointestinal tract are diagnosed in surgical specimens, clinically, and using imaging techniques (endoscopy, echoendoscopy, CT, Octreoscan, etc.). The goal of this retrospective study was to review a personal series of gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors, and to compare it to those in the literature. ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1974
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-197411000-00003