Acute pancreatitis following clomiphene citrate treatment: Case report and review of the literature

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 483-484

  Arbel, Yaron ^a   Weinstein, Daphna ^b   Yogev, Robert ^b   Halevy, Ariel ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clomiphene; Hypertriglyceridemia; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; COLCHICINE; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GOUT; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LOW FAT DIET; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CLOMIPHENE; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 57149108011     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2006.06.024     Document Type: Article

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