Successful endoscopic management of biliary cast syndrome in nonliver transplant patients

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 752-755

  Gleeson, Ferga C ^a   Czaja, Albert J ^a   Baron, Todd H ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary cast; ERCP; Ischemia; Jaundice; Nontransplant

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; B LYMPHOCYTE; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY CAST; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; FOLLOW UP; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMOLYSIS; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC STENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STENT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; BILE DUCT DISEASE; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; BILE DUCT DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 54749117831     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000225626.76544.67     Document Type: Article

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