Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Patients With a Rising Alkaline Phosphatase at Annual Follow-up

See Alvaro D, et al on page 415 for companion article in Gastroenterology.

Abbreviations used in this paper: CA, carbohydrate antigen, CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen, CT, computed tomography, ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, EUS, endoscopic ultrasound, MRI, magnetic resonance imaging, MRCP, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, PET, positron emission tomography, PSC, primary sclerosing cholangitis

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota

Address requests for reprints to: Keith D. Lindor, MD, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905; fax: (507) 266-4531.

Supported by an overseas medical scholarship from the Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University (P.C.).

PII: S1542-3565(06)01059-7

doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2006.10.021

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