## BACKGROUND. It is often difficult to distinguish pancreatic carcinoma preoperatively from chronic pancreatitis. Therefore, we have developed a new method of detecting p53 immunoreactivity in cytologic material obtained by endoscopic retrograde pancreatic duct brushing (ERPDB). ## METHODS. Tw
Utility of pancreatic duct brushing for diagnosis of pancreatic carcinoma
β Scribed by Naohito Uchida; Hideki Kamada; Kunihiko Tsutsui; Masahiro Ono; Yuichi Aritomo; Tsutomu Masaki; Yoshio Kushida; Reiji Haba; Toshiaki Nakatsu; Shigeki Kuriyama
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 189 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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