Diagnosis and management of chronic pancreatitis: Current knowledge

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 136, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 166-174

  Ammann, Rudolf W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Chronic pancreatitis; Pancreatic cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANALGESIA; CHOLESTASIS; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FUNCTION TEST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOCYST; REVIEW; STAGING; STEATORRHEA;

EID: 33645711935     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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