Positron emission tomography is not a reliable method for the early diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis [1]

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 358-360

  Fevery, Johan ^a   Buchel, Otto ^a   Nevens, Frederik ^a   Verslype, Chris ^a   Stroobants, Sigrid ^a   Van Steenbergen, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; KLATSKIN TUMOR; LETTER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; METASTASIS; PATIENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 21844449189     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2005.03.016     Document Type: Letter

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