Conceptual framework for classifying the severity of acute pancreatitis

Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 341-344

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84865963203     PISSN: 22107401     EISSN: 2210741X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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