Bile duct carcinoma without jaundice: Clues to early diagnosis

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 1477-1483

  Sugiyama, Masanori ^a   Atomi, Yutaka ^a   Kuroda, Akira ^b   Muto, Tetsuichiro ^c  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Imperial Household Agency   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bile duct carcinoma; Non jaundiced patients; Transpapillary bile duct biopsy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030824675     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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