Endoscopic ultrasound in chronic pancreatitis: Where are we now?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 34, 2010, Pages 4253-4263

  Seicean, Andrada ^a  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; Contrast agents; Drainage; Elastography; Endoscopic ultrasonography; Main pancreatic duct; Nerve block; Pancreatic neoplasms; Pancreatic pseudocyst

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANNULATION; CELIAC PLEXUS; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 77957579327     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i34.4253     Document Type: Article

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