Idiopathic recurrent pancreatitis: Long-term results after ERCP, endoscopic sphincterotomy, or ursodeoxycholic acid treatment

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1702-1707

  Testoni, Pier Alberto ^a   Caporuscio, Salvatore ^b   Bagnolo, Francesco ^b   Lella, Fausto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Policlinico San Marco   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 0033930617     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)01084-4     Document Type: Article

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