Early detection of extrahepatic bile-duct carcinomas in the nonicteric stage by using MRCP followed by EUS

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-36

  Sai, Jin Kan ^a   Suyama, Masafumi ^a   Kubokawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Watanabe, Sumio ^a   Maehara, Tadayuki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILE DUCT DISEASE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATIC DUCT; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67549129093     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.10.036     Document Type: Article

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