Photodynamic therapy in unresectable cholangiocarcinoma: Not for the uncommitted

Clinical Endoscopy

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 390-394

  Talreja, Jayant P ^a   DeGaetani, Marisa ^b   Ellen, Kristi ^a   Schmitt, Timothy ^a   Gaidhane, Monica ^b   Kahaleh, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholangiocarcinoma; Photodynamic therapy; Single operator choledochoscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897408122     PISSN: 22342400     EISSN: 22342443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5946/ce.2013.46.4.390     Document Type: Article

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