Pancreas divisum: Evaluation with MR cholangiopancreatography

Radiology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-103

  Bret, Patrice M ^a   Reinhold, Caroline ^a   Taourel, Patrice ^a   Guibaud, Laurent ^a   Atri, Mostafa ^a   Barkun, Alan N ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP); Magnetic resonance (MR), rapid imaging; Pancreas, abnormalities; Pancreas, MR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS DIVISUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029978379     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.199.1.8633179     Document Type: Article

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