Temporal trends in incidence and severity of acute pancreatitis in Lüneburg County, Germany: A population-based study

Pancreatology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 420-426

  Lankisch, Paul Georg ^a,d   Karimi, Mirwais ^a   Bruns, Anja ^a   Maisonneuve, Patrick ^b   Lowenfels, Albert B ^c  

^a Municipal Hospital of Lueneburg   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Alcohol related pancreatitis; Epidemiology of pancreatitis; Mortality; Outcome; Severity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; DENMARK; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETHALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROSIS; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANSON SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 66049144495     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000209217     Document Type: Article

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