Delay of diagnosis in pancreatic cancer due to suspected symptomatic cholelithiasis

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1437-1439

  Ghadimi, B M ^a   Horstmann, O ^a   Jacobsen, K ^a   Feth, J ^a   Becker, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cystectomy; Pancreatic carcinoma; Unnecessary cholemisdiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AMPULLA OF VATER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0036922494     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655202762671323     Document Type: Article

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