Is magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography the new gold standard in biliary imaging?

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 934, 2005, Pages 888-893

  Shanmugam, V ^a,c   Beattie, G C ^a   Yule, S R ^a   Reid, W ^a,b   Loudon, M A ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PANCREATITIS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 27744469367     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/51075444     Document Type: Article

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