Presence of white bile associated with lower survival in malignant biliary obstruction

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 186-191

  Ahuja, Vineet ^a,b   Garg, Pramod Kumar ^a,b   Kumar, Dinesh ^a,b   Goindi, Geetanjali ^a,b   Tandon, Rakesh Kumar ^a,b  

^a All India Institute of Medical Sciences ^*

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; BILE PIGMENT; BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BILE DUCT CANCER; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; SURVIVAL; BILE; BILE DUCT TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; CHOLESTASIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; BILE; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILIRUBIN; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLESTASIS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036479701     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2002.121336     Document Type: Article

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