Diagnosis of early chronic pancreatitis by endoscopic ultrasound. Are we there yet?

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Raimondo, Massimo ^a   Wallace, Michael B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic techniques and equipment category; Cholangiopancreatography, endoscopic retrograde; Diagnostic imaging; Diagnostic techniques and procedures; Early diagnosis; Endosonography; Pancreatic diseases; Pancreatitis, alcoholic

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 1442355258     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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