Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 35-43 , January 2009

Multimodal endoscopic evaluation of indeterminate biliary strictures

  • Rajesh N. Keswani, MD

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 The author has no direct financial interests that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted manuscript.

PII: S1096-2883(09)00007-2

doi: 10.1016/j.tgie.2009.03.003

Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 35-43 , January 2009

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