Methylene blue-aided cholangioscopy unravels the endoscopic features of ischemic-type biliary lesions after liver transplantation

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1052-1058

  Hoffman, Arthur ^a   Kiesslich, Ralf ^a   Moench, Christian ^a   Bittinger, Fernando ^a   Otto, Gerd ^a   Galle, Peter R ^a   Neurath, Markus F ^a  

^a Department of Pathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLENE BLUE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLESTASIS; FEVER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; BILIARY TRACT SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 35348948426     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.04.022     Document Type: Article

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