Korean J Gastroenterol.  2009 Dec;54(6):417-419. 10.4166/kjg.2009.54.6.417.

How Can We Interpret the High Prevalence of Extrapancreatic Neoplasms in Patients with Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm of the Pancreas?

• Yoon WJ
• Ryu JK

• KMID: 1775946
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2009.54.6.417

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous/*diagnosis
Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal/*diagnosis
Carcinoma, Papillary/*diagnosis
Humans
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/diagnosis/*epidemiology
Pancreatic Neoplasms/*diagnosis
Prevalence

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