A better way to predict the outcome in acute pancreatitis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1671-1673

  Windsor, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; CALCULATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954421907     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.145     Document Type: Letter

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