Pain and chronic pancreatitis: are we really ready for metal in the pancreatic duct?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1179-1181

  Ostroff, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

BALLOON DILATATION; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPE; LITHOTRIPSY; PAIN; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHINCTEROTOMY;

HUMANS; PAIN; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS;

EID: 56349101151     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.08.009     Document Type: Editorial

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