Descriptive study of chronic calcific pancreatitis in Sri Lanka

Ceylon Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-10

  De Silva, Mohan ^a   Selliah, Siva ^b   Thabrew, Ira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Alcoholic and non alcoholic chronic pancreatitis; Malnutrition and consumption of Manihot esculenta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SRI LANKA; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PANCREATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 20644470535     PISSN: 00090875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v50i1.1581     Document Type: Article

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