Gallstone pancreatitis: A prospective study on the incidence of cholangitis and clinical predictors of retained common bile duct stones

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 527-531

  Chang, Lin ^a   Lo, Simon K ^a   Stabile, Bruce E ^a   Lewis, Roger J ^a   De Virgilio, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLANGITIS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PEROPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032056311     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.159_b.x     Document Type: Article

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