The imaging assessment of the severity of acute pancreatitis may change in the near future

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 467-469

  Pezzilli, Raffaele ^a   Fantini, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pancreatitis, acute necrotizing; Tomography, X ray computed; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

SECRETIN;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS DUCT STENOSIS; PANCREAS JUICE; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PSEUDOCYST; RELIABILITY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREATITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 27644466363     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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