Hypothermia and acute pancreatitis: Myth or reality?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 228-229

  Stiff, Rhianwen E ^a,b   Morris Stiff, G J ^a   Torkington, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERAMYLASEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0037688153     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.96.5.228     Document Type: Article

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