Diagnosis and management of gallbladder polyps

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 203-211

  Andrén Sandberg, Åke ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Clinical recommendations; Diagnosis and management; Gallbladder polyps; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADENOMA; ADENOMYOMATOSIS; AGE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL POLYP; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCED ECHOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER ADENOMA; GALLBLADDER POLYP; GALLSTONE; GENDER; HARMONIC IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATORY POLYP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYP; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOGRAPHY; TRANSABDOMINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861003016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1947-2714.95897     Document Type: Review

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