Sonographic versus endoscopic retrograde cholangiographic measurements of the bile duct revisited: Importance of the transverse diameter

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 669-674

  Wachsberg, Ronald H ^a   Kim, Kyung H ^a   Sundaram, K ^a  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT DILATATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031908228     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.170.3.9490950     Document Type: Article

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