Circulating mediators in acute pancreatitis as predictors of severity

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, Supplement

Volumn 31, Issue 219, 1996, Pages 16-19

  Larvin, M ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Enzymes; Inflammatory mediators; Leukocyte activation; Prognosis; Prognostic criteria; Severity of disease; Systemic inflammatory response

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE B; CELL MARKER; CYTOKINE; HYDROLASE; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; PANCREAS ENZYME; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PROTEIN; TRYPSINOGEN; AUTACOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; METABOLISM; PANCREATITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; PANCREATITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 0029780958     PISSN: 00855928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365529609104993     Document Type: Conference Paper

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