Diagnosis of intrahepatic and common duct stones: Combined unenhanced and contrast-enhanced helical CT in 1090 patients

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 425-432

  Lee, Jeong Kyong ^a,b   Kim, Tae Kyoung ^a,c   Byun, Jae Ho ^a   Kim, Ah Young ^a   Ha, Hyun Kwon ^a   Kim, Pyo Nyun ^a   Lee, Moon Gyu ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bile ducts, calculi; Bile ducts, computed tomography; Computed tomography, helical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33847627605     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-006-9076-1     Document Type: Article

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