A prospective comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of ERCP, MRCP, CT, and EUS in biliary strictures

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 870-876

  Rösch, Thomas ^a   Meining, Alexander ^a   Frühmorgen, Silke ^a   Zillinger, Christian ^a   Schusdziarra, Volker ^a   Hellerhoff, Karin ^a   Classen, Meinhard ^a   Helmberger, Hermann ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAUNDICE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036615461     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2002.124206     Document Type: Article

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