Endoscopic ultrasonography in diseases of the gallbladder

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 289-305

  Robinson O'Neill, Darby E ^a   Saunders, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Choledocholithiasis; Cholelithiasis; Endoscopic ultrasonography; Gallbladder; Gallbladder cancer; Gallbladder mass; Gallbladder polyp; Microlithiasis

Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOENDOSCOPE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METASTASIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSABDOMINAL ECHOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77952847901     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gtc.2010.03.001     Document Type: Review

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