Brush cytology is superior to biopsies obtained by a new device in bile duct strictures

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 54, Issue 75, 2007, Pages 664-668

  Ung, Kjell Arne ^a,d   Ljung, Annika ^a   Wågermark, Jan ^a   Lindholm, Johan ^a   Rydberg, Lars ^b   Kilander, Anders ^c   Stotzer, P O ^c   Burian, Pawel ^a  

^a Kärnsjukhuset ^*  (Sweden)

^b Karnsjukhuset   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cytology; ERCP; Histopathology; Inter observer agreement; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCTS; BIOPSY; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34250197533     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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