Role of imaging methods in diagnosis of acute pancreatitis

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 317-323

  Valek V ^a,b   Kala, Z ^a,b   Dit P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Abscess; Acute pancreatitis; Balthazar classification; CT severity index; Drainage; Necrosis; Pseudocyst

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING;

EID: 77956358854     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319407     Document Type: Review

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