Obesity: A prognostic factor of severity in acute pancreatitis

Pancreas

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-20

  Martínez, Juan ^a,b   Sánchez Payá, José ^a   Palazón, José M ^a   Aparicio, José R ^a   Picó, Antonio ^b   Pérez Mateo, Miguel ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Body mass index; Obesity; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TRUNK;

EID: 0344258187     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-199907000-00002     Document Type: Article

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