Biliary strictures in liver transplant recipients: Treatment with metal stents

Radiology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 339-346

  Culp, William C ^a,b   McCowan, Timothy C ^a   Lieberman, Robert P ^a   Goertzen, Timothy C ^a   LeVeen, Robert F ^a   Heffron, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile ducts, interventional procedure; Bile ducts, stenosis or obstruction; Catheters and catheterization; Liver, transplantation; Stents and prostheses

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; STENT;

EID: 0029930171     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.199.2.8668775     Document Type: Article

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