Sonography of acute pancreatitis: Prevalence of findings and pictorial essay

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-104

  Finstad, Terrance A ^a   Tchelepi, Hisham ^b   Ralls, Philip W ^b,c  

^a Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Extrapancreatic disease; Pancreas; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADENOMYOMATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ASCITES; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 19544377160     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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