Endoscopic ultrasonography - emerging applications in hepatology
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Endoscopic ultrasonography - emerging applications in hepatology
The inspection of the liver is a valuable part of the upper endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) studies, regardless of the primary indication for the examination. The detailed images of the liver segments provided by EUS allows the use of this technique in the study of parenchymal liver disease and even in the diagnosis and classification of focal liver lesions. EUS has also emerged as an importan...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1948-5190
DOI: 10.4253/wjge.v9.i8.378