A note of caution for the doctor on duty: Take the acute attack in chronic pancreatitis seriously! [2]

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-111

  Lankisch, P G ^a,b   Brinkmann, G ^b   Maisonneuve, P ^c   Lowenfels, A B ^d  

^a Clinic for General Internal Medicine   (Germany)

^b Municipal Hospital of Lueneburg   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMYLASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALGESIA; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LETTER; MALE; PANCREAS CALCIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC;

EID: 36949010767     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2007.01873.x     Document Type: Letter

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