Etiology and age have only a limited influence on the course of acute pancreatitis

Pancreas

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 344-349

  Lankisch, Paul Georg ^a   Burchard Reckert, Sabine ^a   Petersen, Mechthild ^a   Lehnick, Dirk ^b   Schirren, Carl Albrecht ^b   Stöckmann, Fritz ^b   Köhler, Heinrich ^b  

^a Municipal Hospital of Lueneburg   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Age; Etiology; Mortality; Pancreatic pseudocysts; Systemic complications

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029909089     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-199611000-00003     Document Type: Article

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