Severity prediction in acute pancreatitis: The role of early CT scan [2]

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-266

  De Waele, Jan J ^a   Delrue, Louke ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249988735     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-007-9223-3     Document Type: Letter

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