## Background: Computerized tomographic (ct)-guided fine-needle aspiration (fna) cytology is a well-established tool in the diagnosis of hepatic lesions. endoscopic ultrasound-guided fna (eus-fna), developed recently and used predominantly in evaluating mediastinal and pancreatic lesions, provides
Fine-needle aspiration of primary osseous lesions: A cost effectiveness study
✍ Scribed by Lester J. Layfield; Leslie G. Dodd; Sharon Hirschowitz; Susie Newman Crabtree
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 96 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 8755-1039
- DOI
- 10.1002/dc.21172
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