Gallbladder cancer with a low junction of the cystic duct or an anomalous pancreaticobiliary junction

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1213-1217

  Uetsuji, Shoji ^a   Okuda, Yoshinori ^a   Kwon, A Hon ^a   Komada, Hisanao ^a   Imamura, Atsushi ^a   Takai, Souichiro ^a   Kamiyama, Yasuo ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anomalous pancreaticobiliary junction; Carcinogenesis; Gallbladder cancer; Low junction of the cystic duct; Pancreatic juice

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC DUCT; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GALLSTONE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029832816     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199612000-00015     Document Type: Article

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