Pregnancy and radiation exposure during therapeutic ERCP: time to put the baby to bed?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 832-834

  Baron, Todd H ^a   Schueler, Beth A ^b  

^a Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; BABY; BARIUM ENEMA; BED; BLEEDING; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COLLIMATOR; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL IMAGING; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OBSTETRICS; PANCREATITIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIATION SHIELD; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH PERFORATION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; X RAY; X RAY FILM;

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 62649089240     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.07.010     Document Type: Editorial

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