Clinical use of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration: Guidelines and recommendations from Chinese Society of Digestive Endoscopy

Address for correspondence Prof. Shutian Zhang, Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. E-mail: zhangst@ccmu.edu.cn. Prof. Zhendong Jin, Department of Gastroenterology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China. E-mail: zhendjin@126.com. Prof. Siyu Sun, Department of Endoscopy, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. E-mail: sunsy@sj-hospital.org Received: 2017-03-06; Accepted: 2017-03-15 Clinical use of endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine‐needle aspiration: Guidelines and recommendations from Chinese Society of Digestive Endoscopy

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