Acute recurrent pancreatitis and pancreas divisum: Appearances can be deceiving

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 965-966

  Pezzilli, Raffaele ^a   Calculli, Lucia ^a   Cariani, Giulio ^a   Imbrogno, Andrea ^a   Fabbri, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ACUTE RECURRENT PANCREATITIS; ADULT; BILE DUCT DILATATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LETTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBESITY; PANCREAS DIVISUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATITIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84867001739     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2012.05.020     Document Type: Letter

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