Dilated common bile duct in opium addicts with and without biliary symptoms - Implication for research in AIDS cholangiopathy

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 261-267

  Chuah, S Y ^a   Leong, C K ^a   Pang, C W ^a  

^a Pantai Medical Centre   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

AIDS; Common bile duct; Opium addicts

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGED; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; COMMON BILE DUCT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0042235492     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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