Alanine transaminase rather than abdominal ultrasound alone is an important investigation to justify cholecystectomy in patients presenting with acute pancreatitis

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Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 342-347

  Anderson, Kerry ^a   Brown, Lisa A ^a   Daniel, Philip ^a   Connor, Saxon J ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alanine transaminase; Cholecystectomy; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DATA BASE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ODDI SPHINCTER; PANCREAS CANCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 77953602475     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2010.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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