Regression of Liver Fibrosis after Biliary Drainage in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis and Stenosis of the Common Bile Duct
Authors:
- Pascal HammelPHPascal Hammel
- Anne CouvelardACAnne Couvelard
- Dermot O'TooleDODermot O'Toole
- Anne RatouisARAnne Ratouis
- Alain SauvanetASAlain Sauvanet
- Jean François FléjouJFJean François Fléjou
- Claude DegottCDClaude Degott
- Jacques BelghitiJBJacques Belghiti
- Pierre BernadesPBPierre Bernades
- Dominique VallaDVDominique Valla
- Philippe RuszniewskiPRPhilippe Ruszniewski
- Philippe LévyPLPhilippe Lévy
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- 8 February 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 344 (6) , 418-423
Abstract
Chronic obstruction of the common bile duct may cause hepatic fibrosis and secondary biliary cirrhosis.Keywords
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