Cholangiopathy and the biliary cast syndrome

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 341-343

  Parry, Sally D ^a   Muiesan, Paolo ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biliary cast syndrome; Biliary sludge; Cholangiopathy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; BILE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; BILE DUCT INJURY; BILE DUCT ISCHEMIA; BILIARY CAST SYNDROME; BILIARY INFECTION; BILIARY RECONSTRUCTION; BILIARY SLUDGE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLESTASIS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0037399039     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200304000-00001     Document Type: Review

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