Does endoscopic therapy favorably affect the outcome of patients who have recurrent acute pancreatitis and pancreas divisum?

Pancreas

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-45

  Fogel, Evan L ^a   Toth, Tamas G ^a   Lehman, Glen A ^a   DiMagno, Matthew J ^b   DiMagno, Eugene P ^c   Steinberg, William M ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; GENE MUTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MINOR SURGERY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS DIVISUM; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS HEMORRHAGE; PANCREATITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; SPHINCTEROTOMY; STENT; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846018077     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/mpa.0b013e31802ce068     Document Type: Conference Paper

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