MR cholangiopancreatography: Evaluation of common pancreatic diseases

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-114

  Fayad, Laura M ^a   Kowalski, Thomas ^b   Mitchell, Donald G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b Division of Gastroenterology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATIC DUCTS;

EID: 0037282287     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-8389(02)00066-0     Document Type: Review

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