The biochemical detection of biliary etiology of acute pancreatitis on admission: A revisit in the modern era of biliary imaging

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Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  Ammori, B J ^a   Boreham, B ^a   Lewis, P ^a   Roberts, S A ^b  

^a ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal ultrasonography; Acute pancreatitis; Endoscopic ultrasound; Etiology; Gallstones; Liver function

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BILIARY TRACT; CHOLELITHIASIS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0037362847     PISSN: 03604039     EISSN: 15388689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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