PREDICTORS OF MALIGNANCIES IN PATIENTS WITH INCONCLUSIVE OR NEGATIVE RESULTS OF ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION FOR SOLID PANCREATIC MASSES

Predictors of Malignancies in Patients with Inconclusive or Negative Results of Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Fine-needle Aspiration for Solid Pancreatic Masses

Background/Aims: This 10026145n study analyzed the diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) for pancreatic solid masses in patients with or without chronic pancreatitis as well as the clinical parameters relevant to a malignancy when EUS-FNA was negative or inconclusive.Methods: A total of 97 patients, wh

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The 19th-century missionary encounters with the Batswana people in South Africa: An intersectional-decolonial approach

Missionary encounters were often characterised by shifting and multilinear intents within the broader global spaces.In Africa, the 19th-century missionary encounter happened concomitantly within the nexus of Christianisation, colonisation, and civilisation agendas.Succinctly put, missionaries sent by the London Missionary Society who came to South

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