US, MRCP, CCT and ERCP: A comparative study in 131 patients with suspected biliary obstruction

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Ferrari, Francesco Saverio ^a   Fanto, Federica ^a   Tasciotti, Laura ^a   Vigni, Francesco ^a   Scotto, Francesca ^a   Frasci, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biliary obstruction; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CANCER STAGING; CHOLANGIO COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 15944390208     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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