Prospective evaluation of endoscopic ultrasonography in the diagnosis of biliary microlithiasis in patients with normal transabdominal ultrasonography

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 961-964

  Mirbagheri, Seyed Amir ^a   Mohamadnejad, Mehdi ^b   Nasiri, Jafar ^c   Vahid, Ahad Atef ^d   Ghadimi, Ramin ^a   Malekzadeh, Reza ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Mehr General Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasonography; Microlithiasis; Transabdominal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BILE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COLIC; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL PAIN; BILE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; COLIC; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC;

EID: 24044546488     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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