Cystic fibrosis presenting as recurrent pancreatitis in a young child with a normal sweat test and pancreas divisum: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Conklin, Laurie ^b   Zeitlin, Pamela L ^a   Cuffari, Carmen ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; AMYLASE; CHLORIDE; ISOPRENALINE; PANCREAS ENZYME; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PANCREAS DIVISUM; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SWEAT TEST; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 46349101160     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-176     Document Type: Article

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