Pancreatic duct changes are not associated with early signs of chronic pancreatitis at magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 980-986

  Said, Karouk ^a   Albiin, Nils ^a   Lindberg, Bo ^a   Brismar, Torkel B ^a   Karrar, Azza ^a   Permert, Johan ^a   Bergquist, Annika ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT MALFORMATION; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROHN DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; JAUNDICE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PANCREAS DUCT; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPLEEN; SUPPLEMENTATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC;

EID: 77955704766     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521003793741     Document Type: Article

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