Acute pancreatitis in a patient with vivax malaria

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-216

  Sharma, Vishal ^a   Sharma, Alka ^a   Aggarwal, Amitesh ^a   Bhardwaj, Gaurav ^a   Aggarwal, Sourabh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Malaria; Pancreatitis; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CREATININE; DOPAMINE; INFUSION FLUID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NORADRENALIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; UREA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SMEAR; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEVER; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PULSE RATE; RIGOR; SHOCK; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 84863393751     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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