Wegener's granulomatosis - An etiology of acute pancreatitis

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-90

  Joshipura, Vismit P ^a   Haribhakti, Sanjiv P ^a,b   Pandya, Sapan C ^a   Soni, Harshad N ^a   Patel, Nitin R ^a  

^a Sterling Hospital   (India)

^b 508 Sangita Complex ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; INFUSION FLUID; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; KIDNEY; MALE; SWELLING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; LANGERHANS CELLS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; NOSE DISEASES; PANCREATITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 34250326796     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 02548860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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