EUS-guided fine needle biopsy sampling in autoimmune pancreatitis: Is needle tip design more important than needle size?

Per Hedenström; Björn Lindkvist

doi:10.1055/a-1293-7890

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Endosc Int Open 2020; 08(12): E1862-E1864
DOI: 10.1055/a-1293-7890

Editorial

EUS-guided fine needle biopsy sampling in autoimmune pancreatitis: Is needle tip design more important than needle size?

Per Hedenström

¹Division of Medical Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

²Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Björn Lindkvist

¹Division of Medical Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

²Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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