Plasmapheresis in the management of acute severe hyperlipidemic pancreatitis: Report of 5 cases

Pancreatology

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 201-204

  Kyriakidis, A V ^a,b   Karydakis, P ^a   Neofytou, N ^a   Pyrgioti, M ^a   Vasilakakis, D ^a   Digenis, P ^a   Antsaklis, G ^a  

^a SISMANOGLIO HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hyperlipidemic pancreatitis; Plasmapheresis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PANCREATITIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 19944394556     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085272     Document Type: Article

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