Ketamine-related cholangiopathy: a retrospective study on clinical and imaging findings

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1241-1246

  Yu, Wong Li ^a   Cho, Carmen Chi Min ^a   Lung, Phillip Fai Ching ^a   Hung, Esther Hiu Yee ^a   Hui, Joyce Wai Yi ^a   Chau, Helen Hoi Lun ^a   Chan, Anthony Wing Hung ^a   Ahuja, Anil T ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bile ducts; Cholangiopancreatography; Drug induced liver injury; Ketamine; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT DISEASES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BILE DUCT DISEASES; BILE DUCTS; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETAMINE; LIVER; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREET DRUGS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937965453     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: 14320509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-014-0173-2     Document Type: Article

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