MRCP vs ERCP in the evaluation of biliary pathologies: Review of current literature

Journal of Digestive Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 162-169

  Hekimoglu, Koray ^a   Ustundag, Yucel ^a   Dusak, Abdurrahim ^a   Erdem, Zuhal ^a   Karademir, Bulent ^a   Aydemir, Selim ^a   Gundogdu, Sadi ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biliary pathology; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Heavily T2 weighted turbo spin echo sequence; Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; BILE DUCT STONE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BILIARY TRACT TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 48249149123     PISSN: 17512972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-2980.2008.00339.x     Document Type: Review

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