Can MRCP replace ERCP for the diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis?

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 381-384

  Kamisawa, T ^a   Tu, Y ^a   Egawa, N ^a   Tsuruta, K ^a   Okamoto, A ^a   Kodama, M ^a   Kamata, N ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography; Main pancreatic duct; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS DUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 67449132337     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-008-9401-y     Document Type: Article

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