How many cytological examinations should be performed for the diagnosis of malignant biliary stricture via an endoscopic nasobiliary drainage tube?

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1501-1504

  Uchida, Naohito ^a   Kamada, Hideki ^a   Ono, Masahiro ^a   Aritomo, Yuichi ^a   Masaki, Tsutomu ^a   Nakatsu, Toshiaki ^b   Kuriyama, Shigeki ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b St Martin Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bile cytology; Biliary stricture; Brushing cytology; Endoscopic nasobiliary drainage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRAIN; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 53349099562     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2007.05214.x     Document Type: Article

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