In patients with obstructive jaundice due to biliary tract stricture a tissue diagnosis is essential because of the varied treatment options available. Radiological imaging of a biliary stricture may suggest that it is malignant, but only a tissue diagnosis can be conclusive. The difficulty of obtai
Diagnostic value of brush cytology in the diagnosis of bile duct carcinoma: A study in 65 patients with bile duct strictures
β Scribed by Mordechai Rabinovitz; Albert B. Zajko; Tarek Hassanein; Balu Shetty; Klaus M. Bron; Robert R. Schade; Judith S. Gavaler; Geoffrey Block; David H. van Thiel; Andrew Dekker
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 654 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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