Pancreatic involvement in systemic sarcoidosis. A case report

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 222-227

  Romboli, E ^a   Campana, D ^a   Piscitelli, L ^a   Brocchi, E ^a   Barbara, G ^a   D'Errico, A ^a   Fusaroli, P ^b   Corinaldesi, R ^a   Pezzilli, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Castel S Pietro Terme Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amylases; Lipase; Pancreatitis; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLIBENCLAMIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PANCREAS ENZYME; PHENFORMIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ABDOMINAL SWELLING; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DUODENITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEVER; GASTRITIS; GASTROSCOPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; LIVER BIOPSY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALAISE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEGAKARYOPOIESIS; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREATITIS; SARCOIDOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PATHOLOGY;

AMYLASES; HUMANS; LIPASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 2442629201     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2003.09.020     Document Type: Article

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