Influence of etiology on the course and outcome of acute pancreatitis

Pancreas

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 335-343

  Uhl, Waldemar ^a   Isenmann, Rainer ^b   Curti, Gaudenz ^a   Vogel, Rainer ^a   Beger, Hans G ^b   Büchler, Markus W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Computed tomography; Course; Enzymes; Etiology; Indicators of necrosis; Infected pancreatic necrosis; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0029910904     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-199611000-00002     Document Type: Article

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