Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 28-34 , January 2008

Diagnosis of intra-abdominal and mediastinal sarcoidosis with EUS-guided FNA

  • Hazar Michael, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints requests: Hazar Michael, MD, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, One Robert Wood Johnson Place, 478 MEB, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.
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  • Sammy Ho, MD
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  • Bonnie Pollack, MD
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  • Mala Gupta, MD, FIAC
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  • Frank Gress, MD

Received 16 May 2007 ,Accepted 31 July 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.07.049

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 28-34 , January 2008

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