Surgical approaches to strictures in primary sclerosing cholangitis

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 423-425

  Ahrendt, Steven A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholangiocarcinoma; Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis; Strictures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT TUMOR; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLESTASIS; DISEASE COURSE; HEPATIC DUCT; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; STENT;

BALLOON DILATATION; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; CHOLESTASIS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; STENTS;

EID: 38949110658     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0342-5     Document Type: Article

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