Common Bile Duct Stones: Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography vs. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography for Detection

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 332-333

  Barkun, Alan N ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034217873     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(00)80002-5     Document Type: Article

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