Diagnostic standards for acute pancreatitis

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 136-142

  Ranson, John H C ^a   Shamamian, Peter ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAPAROTOMY; PARACENTESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMYLASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; ISOAMYLASE; LAPAROTOMY; LIPASE; PANCREATITIS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031020379     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900205     Document Type: Review

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