Management of pancreatic masses

Pancreas

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 203-217

  Wolfson, Daniel ^a   Barkin, Jamie S ^a,f   Chari, Suresh T ^b   Clain, Jonathan E ^b   Bell Jr , Richard H ^c   Alexakis, Nicholas ^d   Neoptolemos, John P ^e  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CALCIUM; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER STAGING; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GASTRINOMA; GLUCAGONOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PANCREAS METASTASIS; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; ZOLLINGER ELLISON SYNDROME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 25844468203     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpa.0000180613.07948.ca     Document Type: Review

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