Endoscopic Evaluation of Bile Duct Strictures

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 277-293

  Yoon, Won Jae ^a   Brugge, William R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile duct stricture; Cholangioscopy; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Endoscopic ultrasonography; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Intraductal ultrasonography; Optical coherence tomography; Probe based confocal laser endomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; CHOLESTASIS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BILE DUCTS; BILIARY TRACT NEOPLASMS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84876472884     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: 15581950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giec.2012.12.002     Document Type: Review

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