Prospective study of biliary strictures to determine the predictors of malignancy

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 397-402

  Bain, Vincent G ^a   Abraham, Neena ^a   Jhangri, Gian S ^a   Alexander, Tim W ^a   Henning, Ron C ^a   Hoskinson, Michael E ^a   Maguire, Conor G ^a   Lalor, Eoin A G ^a   Sadowski, Daniel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bile duct obstruction; Biliary tract neoplasms; Cholangiopancreatography; Cholestasis; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Jaundice; Pancreatic neoplasms; Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILE ACID; BILIRUBIN; DISOFENIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE DUCT TUMOR; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPSY; CANCER; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DEVICE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGING; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0034038552     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2000/467567     Document Type: Article

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