The key event of acute pancreatitis: Pancreatic duct obstruction and bile reflux, not a single one can be omitted

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 589-591

  Siqin, Ding ^a   Wang, Cun ^a   Zhou, ZongGuang ^a   Li, Yuan ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANCREAS ENZYME;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; BILE REFLUX; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING DISORDER; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GASTRECTOMY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS DUCT STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; VATER PAPILLA; VATER PAPILLA STENOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; BILE REFLUX; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATITIS; TRYPSIN;

EID: 60849090730     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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