Response to Talukdar and Vege

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1170-1171

  Petrov, Maxim S ^a   Windsor, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; BLEEDING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 79957971967     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2011.115     Document Type: Letter

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