Natural course of asymptomatic pancreatic pseudocyst: A prospective study

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 140-142

  Mehta, Rajiv ^a   Suvarna, Deepak ^a   Sadasivan, S ^a   John, Anil ^a   Raj, V ^a   Nair, Prem ^a   Balakrishnan, V ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Chronic pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MALE; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TUMOR VOLUME; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC FUNCTION TESTS; PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4344651518     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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