Endoscopic ultrasonography can diagnose distal biliary strictures without a mass on computed tomography

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-244

  Saifuku, Yasuyuki ^a   Yamagata, Michiko ^a   Koike, Takero ^a   Hitomi, Genyo ^a   Kanke, Kazunari ^a   Watanabe, Hidetaka ^a   Murohisa, Toshimitsu ^a   Tamano, Masaya ^a   Iijima, Makoto ^a   Kubota, Keiichi ^a   Hiraishi, Hideyuki ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Cytology; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Endoscopic ultrasound; Indeterminate biliary stricture; Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography; Tumor marker

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 76649096982     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i2.237     Document Type: Article

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