Gallstones, the choledochoduodenal junction and initiation of acute pancreatitis: Are two stones the culprits rather than one stone?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 570-573

  Arendt, T ^a   Monig H ^a   Stuber E ^a   Katsoulis, S ^a   Folsch U R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; BILE; BILE DUCT PRESSURE; COMMON BILE DUCT; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS JUICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VATER PAPILLA;

EID: 0033622468     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.1998.0896     Document Type: Article

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