Acute pancreatitis may precede the clinical manifestations of Crohn's disease [9]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1210-1211

  Triantafillidis, John K ^a,c   Cheracakis, Petros ^a   Merikas, Emmanuel G ^a   Peros, George ^b  

^a S Panteleimon Gen State Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BARIUM; MESALAZINE; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; BARIUM ENEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038746901     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07436.x     Document Type: Letter

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