Ultrasonography

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 801-825

  Ralls, Philip W ^a,b   Jeffrey Jr , R Brooke ^c   Kane, Robert A ^d,e   Robbin, Michelle ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC + USC Medical Center   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CAROLI DISEASE; CHOLANGITIS; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMMON BILE DUCT CYST; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIVERTICULITIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; LIVER VEIN THROMBOSIS; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0036758621     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8553(02)00030-4     Document Type: Review

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