Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 55-58 , January 2007

EUS-Guided Fine Needle Injection and Brachytherapy

  • Kenneth J. Chang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Kenneth J. Chang, MD, University of California, Irvine, Director, H. H. Chao Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center, 101 The City Drive, Bldg 23, Rt 81, Orange, CA 92868.

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PII: S1096-2883(06)00094-5

doi: 10.1016/j.tgie.2006.11.017

Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 55-58 , January 2007

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