Age-related changes in the pancreas identified by EUS: A prospective evaluation

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 401-406

  Rajan, Elizabeth ^a   Clain, Jonathan E ^b   Levy, Michael J ^b   Norton, Ian D ^b   Wang, Kenneth K ^b   Wiersema, Maurits J ^b   Vazquez Sequeiros, Enrique ^b   Nelson, Barbara J ^b   Jondal, Mary L ^b   Kendall, Rebecca K ^b   Harmsen, W Scott ^b   Zinsmeister, Alan R ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS DUCT; PARENCHYMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 20044395942     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(04)02758-0     Document Type: Article

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