Effect of aging and diffuse chronic pancreatitis on pancreas elasticity evaluated using semiquantitative eus elastography

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 253-258

  Janssen, J ^a   Papavassiliou, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

aging; chronic pancreatitis; elastography; endosonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84901815197     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1355767     Document Type: Article

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