Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 95-99 , January 2002

High-frequency US catheter-based staging of early esophageal tumors

Received 27 February 2001 ,Revised 6 June 2001 ,Accepted 18 July 2001.

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☆ Reprint requests: Maurits J. Wiersema, MD, 200 First St., SW, Mayo Clinic, Eisenberg HA, Rochester, MN 55905.

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doi: 10.1067/mge.2002.120099

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 95-99 , January 2002

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