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Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma as the etiology of biliary strictures: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background and aim: Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) typically presents as biliary strictures. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-fine needle aspiration (FNA) may contribute to the diagnosis of CCA as the etiology of extrahepatic biliary strictures. Our aim was to study the uselfulness of EUS-FNA in d...

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Autores principales: Navaneethan, Udayakumar, Njei, Basile, Venkatesh, Preethi GK, Lourdusamy, Vennisvasanth, Sanaka, Madhusudhan R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4527262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25169922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gastro/gou057