The value of IL-6 in predicting the severity of acute pancreatitis [1]

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 534-

  De Waele, Jan J ^a   Blot, Stijn ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; APACHE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; LETTER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34247348693     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000225522.43783.4b     Document Type: Letter

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