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Selected References
Fine-Needle Aspiration for Tissue Diagnosis


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Dot.gif (172 bytes) Robins DB, Katz RL, Evans DB, et al. Fine-needle aspiration of the pancreas: in quest of accuracy. Acta Cytol 1995;39:1-10.

Dot.gif (172 bytes) Robinson EK, Lee JE, Pisters PWT, Evans DB. Reoperative pancreatico-duodenectomy for periampullary carcinoma. Am J Surg 1996;172:432-438.