Does Acute Alcoholic Pancreatitis Precede the Chronic Form or Is the Opposite True? A Histological Study

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 272-275

  Migliori, Marina ^a   Manca, Marco ^a   Santini, Donatella ^a   Pezzilli, Raffaele ^a   Gullo, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcoholic pancreatitis; Histological changes; Relationship between acute and chronic pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PANCREAS CALCIFICATION; PANCREAS DUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; PANCREATITIS, ALCOHOLIC;

EID: 1242329967     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200403000-00014     Document Type: Article

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