Ultrasonographic evaluation of the common bile duct in biliary acute pancreatitis patients: Comparison with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 391-394

  Pezzilli, Raffaele ^a,b   Billi, Paola ^b   Barakat, Bahjat ^b   D'Imperio, Nicola ^a   Miglio, Federico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Bile duct; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Gallstones; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

BILE DUCT; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0032984211     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1999.18.6.391     Document Type: Article

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