New endoscopic ultrasonography techniques for pancreaticobiliary diseases
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New endoscopic ultrasonography techniques for pancreaticobiliary diseases
Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is widely used to evaluate pancreaticobiliary diseases, especially pancreatic masses. EUS has a good ability to detect pancreatic masses, but it is not sufficient for the differential diagnosis of various types of lesions. In order to address the limitations of EUS, new techniques have been developed to improve the characterization of the lesions detected by EUS...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Ultrasonography
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2288-5919,2288-5943
DOI: 10.14366/usg.15042