Endoscopic ultrasonography and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in abdominal pain: What makes sense?

Endoscopy

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 705-708

  Sung, J J Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CANNULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPEPSIA; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORKLOAD;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0034907348     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-16226     Document Type: Editorial

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