Conventional versus Rosemont endoscopic ultrasound criteria for chronic pancreatitis: Interobserver agreement in same day back-to-back procedures

Pancreatology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 284-287

  Del Pozo, D ^a   Poves, E ^a   Tabernero, S ^a   Beceiro, I ^a   Moral, I ^a   Villafruela, M ^a   Sanz, C ^a   Borrego, G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; Endoscopic ultrasound; Interobserver agreement; Rosemont classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTEROBSERVER AGREEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSEMONT ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

EID: 84862196912     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pan.2012.03.054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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