Prevalence of fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes in Chennai in South India

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 489-492

  Mohan, Viswanathan ^a   Farooq, Syed ^a   Deepa, Mohan ^a  

^a MADRAS DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Calculi; Chronic; Epidemiology; India; Pancreatitis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

PANCREAS ENZYME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENZYME THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES COMPOSITION; FEMALE; FIBROCALCULOUS PANCREATIC DIABETES; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS STONE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CALCULI; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 48949098404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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