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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Nov 16, 2010; 2(11): 362-368
Published online Nov 16, 2010. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v2.i11.362
Published online Nov 16, 2010. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v2.i11.362
Staining for p53 and Ki-67 increases the sensitivity of EUS-FNA to detect pancreatic malignancy
Alexander W Jahng, Donna Varela, Sonya Reicher, David Chung, Rahul Chhablani, Anil Dev, Binh Pham, Jose Nieto, Viktor E Eysselein, Division of Gastroenterology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502, United States
Rose J Venegas, Samuel W French, Department of Pathology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502, United States
Bruce E Stabile, Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502, United States
Author contributions: Jahng AW, Reicher S, Chung D, Varela D, Chhablani R, Dev A, Pham B, and Nieto J contributed equally to the research and data analysis; Eysselein VE designed the research; Stabile BE did research; and Venegas RJ and French SW analyzed the routine cytology and immunohistochemistry studies.
Correspondence to: Viktor E Eysselein, MD, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90509, United States. veysselein@labiomed.org
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Received: June 7, 2010
Revised: August 28, 2010
Accepted: September 4, 2010
Published online: November 16, 2010
Revised: August 28, 2010
Accepted: September 4, 2010
Published online: November 16, 2010
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