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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 14, 2013; 19(6): 874-881
Published online Feb 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i6.874
Published online Feb 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i6.874
Intraductal ultrasound substantiates diagnostics of bile duct strictures of uncertain etiology
Tobias Meister, Hauke S Heinzow, Carina Woestmeyer, Philipp Lenz, Josef Menzel, Torsten Kucharzik, Wolfram Domschke, Dirk Domagk, Department of Medicine B, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
Tobias Meister, Department of Medicine II, HELIOS Albert-Schweitzer University Teaching Hospital, D-37154 Northeim, Germany
Josef Menzel, Department of Medicine II, Klinikum Ingolstadt, D-85049 Ingolstadt, Germany
Torsten Kucharzik, Department of Medicine, University Teaching Hospital Lüneburg, D-21339 Lüneburg, Germany
Author contributions: Meister T and Heinzow HS contributed equally to this work; Meister T contributed to design of the study, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting of the manuscript; Heinzow HS contributed to analysis and interpretation of data, drafting of the manuscript, technical and material support; Woestmeyer C contributed to acquisition of data; Lenz P contributed to critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content, technical support; Menzel J contributed to performance of the intraductal ultrasound (IDUS) procedures, revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; Kucharzik T contributed to performance of the IDUS procedures, critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content, study concept, analysis and interpretation of data; Domschke W contributed to critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; Domagk D contributed to senior author, study concept and design, performance of the IDUS procedures, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting of the manuscript, statistical analysis, study supervision and final approval of the version to be published.
Supported by A research fellowship from the Faculty of Medicine, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Correspondence to: Tobias Meister, MD, Department of Medicine II, HELIOS Albert-Schweitzer Teaching Hospital, Sturmbäume 8-10, D-37154 Northeim, Germany. tobiasmeister@gmx.de
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Received: September 6, 2012
Revised: October 3, 2012
Accepted: October 19, 2012
Published online: February 14, 2013
Revised: October 3, 2012
Accepted: October 19, 2012
Published online: February 14, 2013
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