Biochemical and radiological predictors of malignant biliary strictures

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1504-1507

  Al Mofleh, Ibrahim A ^a   Aljebreen, Abdulrahman M ^a   Al Amri, Saleh M ^a   Al Rashed, Rashed S ^a   Al Faleh, Faleh Z ^a   Al Freihi, Hussein M ^a   Abdo, Ayman A ^a   Isnani, Arthur C ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 4444377277     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i10.1504     Document Type: Article

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