Primary sclerosing cholangitis: An experience from India

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 429-433

  Kochhar, Rakesh ^a   Goenka, Mahesh K ^a   Das, Kinsuk ^a   Nagi, Birender ^a   Bhasin, Deepak K ^a   Chawla, Yogesh K ^a   Vaiphei, Kim ^a   Singh, Kartar ^a   Dilawari, Jang B ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cholangiography; Idiopathic ulcerative colitis; Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; METHOTREXATE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0029878949     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1996.tb00286.x     Document Type: Article

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