New advances in pancreatic imaging

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 561-567

  Kwon, Richard S ^a   Brugge, William R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography scan; Endoscopic ultrasound; Magnetic resonance imaging scan; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic cystic neoplasm

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS TUMOR; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PANCREATITIS; PANCREATOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRECANCER; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 23944500805     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mog.0000174223.74783.1b     Document Type: Review

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