Objective assessment of the contribution of each diagnostic test and of the ordering sequence in jaundice caused by pancreatobiliary carcinoma

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 438-445

  De Bree, Eelco ^a,b   Tsiftsis, D D ^a   Santos, R M ^a   Lavelle, S M ^a   Cuervas Mons, V ^a   Gauthier, A ^a   Gips, C ^a   Malchow Moeller, A ^a   Molino, G ^a   Rohr, G ^a   Theodossi, A ^a   Tsantoulas, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IRAKLION   (Greece)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biliary carcinoma; Computer assisted diagnostic systems; Diagnostic tests; Diagnostic value; Jaundice; pancreatic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034069002     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655200750024038     Document Type: Article

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