Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 279-283 , July 2011

Pseudotumor of the distal common bile duct at endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Received 11 May 2010 ,Accepted 10 July 2010.

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☆ ZJW supported by NIBIB T32 Training Grant 1 T32 EB001631.

PII: S0899-7071(10)00150-6

doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.07.004

Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 279-283 , July 2011

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