Utility of endoscopic ultrasound in pancreatitis: A review

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 47, 2007, Pages 6321-6326

  Rizk, Maged K ^a   Gerke, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Biliary pancreatitis; Choledocholithiasis; Cholelithiasis; Chronic pancreatitis; Endosonography; Endsocopic ultrasound; Idiopathic pancreatitis; Microlithiasis; Pancreas divisum

Indexed keywords

URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; APACHE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS DIVISUM; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATITIS; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VATER PAPILLOTOMY;

EID: 37649006073     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i47.6321     Document Type: Review

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