Does the pancreas move with respiration?

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1424-1427

  Bhasin, Deepak Kumar ^a,b   Rana, Surinder Singh ^a   Jahagirdar, Sujeet ^a,c   Nagi, Birinder ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Ashwini Hospital ^*

^c Ashwini Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; Endoscopic retrograde pancreatography; Pancreas; Stent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREAS; PANCREAS CALCIFICATION; PANCREAS DUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

EID: 33746634684     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04324.x     Document Type: Article

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