Endoscopic diagnosis and management of biliary complications following orthotopic liver transplantation

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1045-1053

  Gholson, Charles F ^a   Zibari, Gazi ^a   McDonald, John C ^a  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0029952520     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02088217     Document Type: Review

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