Acute pancreatitis as a rare initial manifestation of Wegener's granulomatosis. A case based review of literature

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-169

  Chawla, Saurabh ^a   Atten, Mary Jo ^a   Attar, Bashar M ^a  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NAUSEA; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOMITING; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 79952798772     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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