MRCP findings of biliary ascariasis before and after medical treatment

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 98-101

  Adaletli, Ibrahim ^a   Selçuk, Doǧan ^a   Gülşen, Murat ^b   Savaş, Cemil ^b   Korman, Uǧur ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biliary ascariasis; Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography; Medical treatment; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BILE DUCT DILATATION; CASE REPORT; COMMON BILE DUCT; DIARRHEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; NAUSEA; VOMITING;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; BILE DUCT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMMON BILE DUCT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 22544481488     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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