Malignant biliary strictures. Diagnosis and management

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1360-1363

  Al Mofleh, Ibrahim A ^a   Al Rashed, Rashed S ^a   Al Amri, Saleh M ^a   Al Ghamdi, Abdullah S ^a   Al Faleh, Faleh Z ^a   Al Freihi, Hussein M ^a   Isnani, Arthur C ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INOPERABLE CANCER; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METASTASIS; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE; SAUDI ARABIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346336859     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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