Which etiology causes the most severe acute pancreatitis?

International Journal of Pancreatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 55-57

  Lankisch, Paul Georg ^a   Assmus, Christine ^a   Pflichthofer, Diana ^a   Struckmann, Karl ^a   Lehnick, Dirk ^b  

^a Municipal Hospital of Lueneburg   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Computed tomography; Etiology; Mortality; Prognostic parameters; Pseudocysts

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032726550     PISSN: 01694197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02781731     Document Type: Article

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