Etiology and diagnosis of acute biliary pancreatitis

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 495-502

  Van Geenen, Erwin J M ^a   Van Der Peet, Donald L ^a   Bhagirath, Pranav ^a   Mulder, Chris J J ^a   Bruno, Marco J ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; APROTININ; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CONTRAST MEDIUM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 3; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRYPSIN; TRYPSINOGEN;

ACUTE BILIARY PANCREATITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BILE REFLUX; BIOCHEMISTRY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GALLSTONE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS DUCT STENOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BILE DUCTS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 77956392318     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2010.114     Document Type: Review

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