ERCP in Acute Pancreatitis

Advanced Digestive Endoscopy: ERCP

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 199-238

  Freeman, Martin L ^a  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute gallstone pancreatitis; Acute pancreatitis postcholecystectomy; Meta analysis of studies of early ERCP; Microlithiasis and occult gallstones; Sphincter of oddi dysfunction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751162466     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470987490.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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