Epigastric pain in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-215

  Leung, V K S ^a   Lee, S W ^a   Yuen, N W F ^a   Kung, N N S ^a   Loke, T K L ^a  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ampullar of Vater; Carcinoid tumor; Neurofibromatosis 1

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; VATER PAPILLA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMPULLA OF VATER; CARCINOID TUMOR; COMMON BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1;

EID: 20444449709     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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