Endoscopic ultrasonography

M. Polkowski

doi:10.1055/s-0031-1291711

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2012; 44(04): 394-398
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1291711

Endoscopy Essentials

Endoscopic ultrasonography

M. Polkowski

¹Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical Center for Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland

²Department of Gastroenterology, M. Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland

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