Validity of ultrasonography in diagnosing obstructive jaundice

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 379-381

  Admassie, D ^a,b   Hyesus, A ^b   Denke, A ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; ORGAN SIZE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BILE DUCTS; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 27544482827     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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