Initial performance profile of a new 6F self-expanding metal stent for palliation of malignant hilar biliary obstruction
Authors:
- Jennifer ChennatJCJennifer Chennat
- Irving WaxmanIWIrving Waxman
- 1 September 2010
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- Vol. 72 (3) , 632-636
Abstract
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Funding Information
- Cook Medical Inc.
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