A scoring system for early differentiation of the etiology of acute pancreatitis

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-211

  Stimac D ^a   Lenac, T ^b   Maruic Z ^b  

^a KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Alcoholic pancreatitis; Biliary pancreatitis; Biochemical variables; Scoring system

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYMURIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PANCREATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031930889     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365529850166969     Document Type: Article

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