Acute Idiopathic Pancreatitis: Does It Really Exist or Is It a Myth?

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, Supplement

Volumn 38, Issue 239, 2003, Pages 117-122

  Van Brummelen, S E ^a   Venneman, N G ^a   Van Erpecum, K J ^a   VanBerge Henegouwen, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Gene mutations; Idiopathic pancreatitis; Microlithiasis; Sludge; Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MANOMETRY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROSCOPY; ODDI SPHINCTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STANDARD; STONE FORMATION; VATER PAPILLA STENOSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; BILE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHOLELITHIASIS; GENETICS; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREATITIS; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; BILE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLELITHIASIS; HUMANS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATITIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 1642538396     PISSN: 00855928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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