Considerations on Early Diagnosis of Carcinoma of the Pancreas

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 54, 2003, Pages 2205-2207

  Elli, Marco ^a   Piazza, Elena ^a   Franzone, Paola Colli ^a   Isabella, Luigi ^a   Poliziani, Dario ^a   Taschieri, Angelo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early diagnosis; Pancreas carcinoma; Presenting symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; ITALY; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANOREXIA; ASTHENIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0344099018     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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