Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 69, Issue 3, Part 1 , Pages 535-542 , March 2009

Initial experience with EUS-guided Tru-cut biopsy of benign liver disease

Received 9 June 2008 ,Accepted 24 September 2008.

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 DISCLOSURE: The following author disclosed financial relationships relevant to this publication: J. DeWitt: Consultant to Olympus America. All other authors disclosed no financial relationships relevant to this publication. This investigator-initiated study was supported by a grant from Cook Endoscopy. The funding source had no role in the study design, collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data, or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.

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PII: S0016-5107(08)02698-9

doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.09.056

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 69, Issue 3, Part 1 , Pages 535-542 , March 2009

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