Comparative analysis of direct pancreatic function testing versus morphological assessment by endoscopic ultrasonography for the evaluation of chronic unexplained abdominal pain of presumed pancreatic origin

Pancreas

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-68

  Chowdhury, Riaz ^a   Bhutani, Manoop S ^a   Mishra, Girish ^a   Toskes, Phillip P ^a   Forsmark, Chris E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; Diagnostic tests; Endoscopic ultrasound; Pancreatic function tests

Indexed keywords

SECRETIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 21344448810     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpa.0000164451.69265.80     Document Type: Article

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