Nationwide epidemiological survey of chronic pancreatitis in Japan

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 136-141

  Lin, Yingsong ^a   Tamakoshi, Akiko ^a   Matsuno, Seiki ^b   Takeda, Kazunori ^b   Hayakawa, Tetsuo ^a   Kitagawa, Motoji ^a   Naruse, Satoru ^a   Kawamura, Takashi ^a   Wakai, Kenji ^a   Aoki, Rie ^a   Kojima, Masayo ^a   Ohno, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; Clinco epidemiological features; Estimated number of patients; Nationwide survey

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0034052374     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350050026     Document Type: Article

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