Treatment of malignant biliary obstruction with polyurethane-covered Wallstents

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 403-408

  Hausegger, Klaus A ^a   Thurnher, Siegfried ^b   Bodendörfer, Gert ^c   Zollikofer, Christoph L ^c   Uggowitzer, Martin ^a   Kugler, Christian ^a   Lammer, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL WINTERTHUR   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CATHETERIZATION; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031930482     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.170.2.9456954     Document Type: Article

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