Acute pancreatitis: Demographics, aetiological factors and outcomes in a regional hospital in South Africa

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 83-86

  Anderson, F ^a   Thomson, S R ^a   Clarke, D L ^a   Loots, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49749131232     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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