Diagnosis of biliary strictures after liver transplantation: Which is the best tool?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 2945-2948

  Zoepf, Thomas ^a   Maldonado Lopez, Evelyn J ^a   Hilgard, Philip ^a   Dechêne, Alexander ^a   Malago, Massimo ^a   Broelsch, Christoph E ^a   Schlaak, Joerg ^a   Gerken, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biliary strictures; Diagnosis; Endoscopy; ERCP; Liver transplantation; MRCP; Therapy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 20344384523     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i19.2945     Document Type: Article

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