Imaging Assessment of Acute Pancreatitis: A Review

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 322-340

  Scaglione, Mariano ^a   Casciani, Emanuele ^b   Pinto, Antonio ^c   Andreoli, Chiara ^b   De Vargas, Marina ^b   Gualdi, Gian Franco ^b  

^a Clinica Pineta Grande   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUID RETENTION; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; ULTRASOUND; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 51349157604     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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