Etiology of acute pancreatitis - A multi-center study in Taiwan

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 53, 2003, Pages 1655-1657

  Chang, Ming Chu ^a   Su, Cheng Hsi ^d   Sun, Maw Soan ^d   Huang, Shih Che ^d   Chiu, Cheng Tang ^d   Chen, Ming Chen ^b   Lee, King Teh ^d   Lin, Chun Che ^c   Lin, Jaw Town ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b YUAN'S GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Etiology

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GALLSTONE FORMATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX RATIO; TAIWAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 0141427947     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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