Interobserver agreement among endosonographers for the diagnosis of neoplastic versus non-neoplastic pancreatic cystic lesions.

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Published in Gastrointest Endosc on July 01, 2003

Authors

Nuzhat A Ahmad1, Michael L Kochman, Colleen Brensinger, William R Brugge, Douglas O Faigel, Frank G Gress, Michael B Kimmey, Nicholas J Nickl, Thomas J Savides, Michael B Wallace, Maurits J Wiersema, Gregory G Ginsberg

Author Affiliations

1: Gastroenterology Division, Department of Medicine, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia VAMC, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 19104-4283, USA.

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