Contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasound in discrimination between focal pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 246-250

  Hocke, Michael ^a   Schulze, Ewald ^a   Gottschalk, Peter ^a   Topalidis, Theodor ^b   Dietrich, Christoph F ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Cytologic Institute   (Germany)

^c CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; Contrast enhancer; Endoscopic ultrasound; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; B SCAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS PERFUSION; PANCREATITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 33644776041     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i2.246     Document Type: Article

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