Diagnosing chronic pancreatitis: the enemy of "good" is "better"

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 815-818

  Bajaj, Shailesh ^a   Wiersema, Maurits J ^a  

^a Indiana Medical Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

CANCER SCREENING; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; ULTRASOUND;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34247263749     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.11.013     Document Type: Editorial

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