A case of acute pancreatitis possibly associated with combined salicylate and simvastatin treatment

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 264-268

  Antonopoulos, Stavros ^a   Mikros, Sotiris ^a   Kokkoris, Stelios ^a,b   Protopsaltis, John ^a   Filioti, Konstantina ^a   Karamanolis, Dimitrios ^a   Giannoulis, Grigorios ^a  

^a TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anticholesteremic agents; Pancreatitis; Salicylates; Simvastatin

Indexed keywords

CLOPIDOGREL; ROSUVASTATIN; SALICYLIC ACID; SIMVASTATIN;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE DURATION; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ASPIRIN; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CORONARY DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; SIMVASTATIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27644591007     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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