What should be done with idiopathic recurrent pancreatitis that remains 'idiopathic' after standard investigation?

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 401-405

  Baillie, John ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholangiopancreatography, endoscopic retrograde; Cholelithiasis; Endosonography; Genetic predisposition to disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; Oddi's sphincter; Pancreatitis, acute necrotizing

Indexed keywords

HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ARTICLE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKILL; STANDARD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0035524809     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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