Assessment of severity of acute pancreatitis: A comparison between old and most recent modalities used to evaluate this perennial problem

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 283-285

  Pezzilli, Raffaele ^a   Mancini, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evaluating studies; Pancreatitis diagnosis; Pancreatitis radiography; Severity assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001710313     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v5.i4.283     Document Type: Review

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