Is obesity a significant prognostic factor in acute pancreatitis?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2251-2254

  Tsai, Chung Jyi ^a  

^a CHI MEI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PANCREATITIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031766465     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026666622394     Document Type: Article

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