Role of ERCP in asymptomatic orthotopic liver transplant patients with abnormal liver enzymes

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 141-144

  Eckhoff, Devin E ^a   Baron, Todd H ^a   Blackard, William G ^a   Morgan, Desiree E ^a   Crowe, Ralph ^a   Sellers, Marty ^a   McGuire, Brendan ^a   Contreras, Juan L ^a   Bynon, J Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT BYPASS; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRUS INFECTION; WILSON DISEASE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLEDOCHOSTOMY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033986202     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00734-0     Document Type: Article

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