Clinicopathological features in misdiagnosed pancreatic carcinoma

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 29, 1999, Pages 2983-2985

  Nagahama, Hiroyasu ^a   Okada, Shuichi ^a   Okusaka, Takuji ^a   Ishii, Hiroshi ^a   Ikeda, Masafumi ^a   Nakasuka, Hidekazu ^a   Yoshimori, Masayoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CA19 9; Pancreatic carcinoma; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS DUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CA-19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0032698043     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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