Pancreatic and biliary stents

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 319-327

  Pfau, Patrick R ^a   Pleskow, Douglas K ^a   Banerjee, Subhas ^a   Barth, Bradley A ^a   Bhat, Yasser M ^a   Desilets, David J ^a   Gottlieb, Klaus T ^a   Maple, John T ^a   Siddiqui, Uzma D ^a   Tokar, Jeffrey L ^a   Wang, Amy ^a   Song, Louis Michel Wong Kee ^a   Rodriguez, Sarah A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT STONE; BILIARY STENT; CHOLESTASIS; DATA BASE; DEVICE SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; METAL STENT; PANCREAS DIVISUM; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREATIC STENT; PLASTIC STENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; METALS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PLASTICS; STENTS;

EID: 84873631104     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2012.09.026     Document Type: Article

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