Acute pancreatitis possibly due to arginine use: A case report

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-58

  Saka, Mendane ^a   Tüzün, Ahmet ^a   Ateş, Yüksel ^a   Baǧci, Sait ^a   Karaeren, Necmettin ^a   Daǧalp, Kemal ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

L arginine; Nitric oxide; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMYLASE; ARGININE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ETHIONINE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; LYSINE; METHIONINE; NITRIC OXIDE; OMEPRAZOLE; ZINC;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADOLESCENT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY BUILDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENZYMURIA; FLUID THERAPY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LIPID METABOLISM; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENIS ERECTION; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARGININE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DOPING IN SPORTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PANCREATIC FUNCTION TESTS; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2942618205     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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