Predictors of the severity of acute pancreatitis in patients with HIV infection or AIDS

Pancreas

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-136

  Parithivel, Vellore S ^a   Yousuf, Arshad M ^a   Albu, Eugene ^a   Kaul, Ashutosh ^a   Aydinalp, Nurten ^a   King, S ^a  

^a BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Pancreatitis; Predictors of severity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CREATININE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032788687     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-199908000-00005     Document Type: Article

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