"Spontaneous" passage of a pancreatic duct stone

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 278-280

  Rhee, James ^b   Scheiman, James ^b   Inadomi, John ^a,b  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; PANCREAS STONE; PANCREATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0345505678     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2003.62     Document Type: Article

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