Ultrasonography, CT, and ERCP in the diagnosis of choledochal stones

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 53-56

  Pasanen, P ^a   Partanen, K ^a   Pikkarainen, P ^a   Alhava, E ^a   Pirinen, A ^a   Janatuinen, E ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bile ducts; calculi; CT; ERCP; US studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; COMMON BILE DUCT CALCULI; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0026515605     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/028418519203300111     Document Type: Article

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