The potential impact of high-quality MRI of the biliary tree on ERCP workload

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 773-776

  Tanner, Andrew R ^a   Dwarakanath, Anandapuram D ^a   Tait, N Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP); Magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC)

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GALLSTONE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033915928     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200012070-00010     Document Type: Article

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