Picture imperfect pancreas?

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-4

  Brugge, William R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33845994771     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000225618.17341.4a     Document Type: Editorial

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