Differentiation of malignant and benign proximal bile duct strictures: The diagnostic dilemma

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 5032-5038

  Kloek, Jaap Jacob ^a   van Deldein, Otto Marinus ^a   Erdogan, Deha ^a   ten Kate, Fibo Jan ^a   Rauws, Erik Anthoni ^a   Busch, Olivier Robert ^a   Gouma, Dirk Joan ^a   van Gulik, Thomas Mathijs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benign; Biliary stricture; Hilar cholangiocarcinoma; Radiological; Vascular involvement

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BRUSH CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGED; BILE DUCT DISEASE; BILE DUCT TUMOR; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCT DISEASES; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 58149113318     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.5032     Document Type: Article

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