Perihilar lymph nodes in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis with and without cholangiocellular carcinoma

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1366-1370

  Kirchner, Gabriele I ^a,b   Tischendorf, Jens J W ^a,c   Bleck, Jorg ^a   Wagner, Siegfried ^a   Caselitz, Martin ^a   Klempnauer, Juergen ^a   Manns, Michael P ^a   Gebel, Michael ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cholangiocellular carcinoma; Inflammatory bowel disease; Perihilar lymph nodes; Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 54349115216     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520802200002     Document Type: Article

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