Editorial: The difficulty in predicting outcome in acute pancreatitis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 443-445

  Chauhan, Shailendra ^a   Forsmark, Chris E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; NOTE; PANCREATITIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 76349097542     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.623     Document Type: Review

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