Endoscopic Ultrasonography

M. S. Bhutani

doi:10.1055/s-2002-35310

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2002; 34(11): 888-895
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-35310

DDW Report 2002

Endoscopic Ultrasonography

M. S. Bhutani¹

¹Center for Endoscopic Ultrasound, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA

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