Reply to outcome of the biliary acute pancreatitis is not associated with body mass index [2]

Pancreas

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 166-167

  De Waele, Boudewijn ^a   Vanmierlo, Bert ^a   Van Nieuwenhove, Yves ^a   Delvaux, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33846009494     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e31802d414e     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. De Waele B, Vanmierlo B, Van Nieuwenhove Y, et al. Impact of body overweight and class I, II and III obesity on the outcome of acute biliary pancreatitis. Pancreas. 2006;32:343-345.
2. Martinez J, Johnson CD, Sanchez-Paya J, et al. Obesity is a definitive risk factor of severity and mortality in acute pancreatitis: an updated metaanalysis. Pancreatology. 2006;6:206-209.