Pancreatic ascites in an infant: Lack of symptoms and normal amylase

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1701-1704

  Saps, Miguel ^a   Slivka, Adam ^b   Khan, Seema ^a   Meza, Manuel P ^a   Goyal, Alka ^a   Di Lorenzo, Carlo ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascites; Infant; Lipase; Pancreas; Pseudocyst

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; FUROSEMIDE; OCTREOTIDE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFANT; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIGRATION; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREATITIS; PARACENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; STENT;

AMYLASES; ASCITES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PANCREATIC DISEASES;

EID: 0141762639     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025595024344     Document Type: Article

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