Activation of cellular immune response in acute pancreatitis

Gut

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 794-797

  Mora, A ^a   Perez Mateo M ^b   Viedma, J A ^a   Carballo, F ^c   Sanchez Paya J ^b   Liras, G ^c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Cellular immunity; Neopterin; Polymorphonuclear elastase; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; NEOPTERIN;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0030740209     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.40.6.794     Document Type: Article

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