Editorial: Secretin-enhanced MRCP: Proceed with cautious optimism

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1787-1789

  Sainani, Nisha I ^a   Conwell, Darwin L ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANCREAS ENZYME; SECRETIN; AMYLASE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS ENZYME ABNORMALITY; PANCREAS PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECRETIN ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECRETION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AMYLASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECRETIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67650417890     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.168     Document Type: Review

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