Does endoscopic ultrasound have anything to offer in the diagnosis of idiopathic acute pancreatitis?

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-146

  Morris Stiff, Gareth ^a,b   Al Allak, Asmaa ^a   Frost, Ben ^a   Lewis, Wyn G ^a   Puntis, Malcolm C A ^a   Roberts, Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choledocholithiasis; Cholelithiasis; Common bile duct; Gallbladder; Gallstones

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; JAUNDICE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; PANCREATOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPHINCTEROTOMY; ACUTE DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STONE FORMATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LITHIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 66149116017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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