Endoscopic ultrasound imaging of pancreatic duct ascariasis

Endoscopy 2016; 48(S 01): E33-E34
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-111030

Cases and Techniques Library (CTL)

Piyush Somani

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Jaswant Rai Speciality Hospital, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Malay Sharma

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Jaswant Rai Speciality Hospital, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Amit Pathak

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Jaswant Rai Speciality Hospital, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Amol Patil

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Jaswant Rai Speciality Hospital, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Avinash Kumar

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Jaswant Rai Speciality Hospital, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Srijaya Sreesh

²Department of Gastroenterology, Government Medical College, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

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