Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 61, Issue 3 , Pages 467-472 , March 2005

EUS-guided trucut biopsy in establishing autoimmune pancreatitis as the cause of obstructive jaundice

Received 12 October 2004 ,Accepted 8 December 2004.

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