Pancreaticobiliary reflux in patients with a normal pancreaticobiliary junction: Pathologic implications

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 953-962

  Beltrán, Marcelo A ^a  

^a La Serena Hospital ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Biliary tract diseases; Biliary tract motility disorders; Pancreaticobiliary junction; Pancreaticobiliary reflux; Sphincter of oddi

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; K RAS PROTEIN; PROTEIN P53;

ARTICLE; BILE REFLUX; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GENE MUTATION; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; META ANALYSIS; ODDI SPHINCTER; PANCREAS; PANCREATICOBILIARY JUNCTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STUDY DESIGN;

EID: 79955940325     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i8.953     Document Type: Article

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