Can a bezoar cause acute pancreatitis?

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 120-121

  Katapadi, M ^a   Kostandy, G ^a   Wang, A ^a   Gutierrez, R ^a   Malik, A ^a   Pachter, B R ^a  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMOTIDINE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; GASTRODUODENAL ULCER; HUMAN; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOBEZOAR; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BEZOARS; DUODENUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; STOMACH;

EID: 0030944564     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199703000-00018     Document Type: Article

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