Role of imaging methods in diagnosing, staging, and detecting complications of chronic pancreatitis in clinical practice: Should MRCP and MRI replace ERCP and CT?

Clinical Pancreatology: For Practising Gastroenterologists and Surgeons

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 236-245

  Villalba Martín, Carmen ^a   Domínguez Muñoz, J Enrique ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CONXO   (Spain)

^b University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; Computed tomography; Endoscopic retrograde pancreatography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pancreatic duct system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889616182     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470987506.ch28     Document Type: Chapter

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