Atlanta redux: Revisiting the severity stratification system for acute pancreatitis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 256, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 881-882

  Bradley III, Edward L ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; OBSERVATION; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERITY STRATIFICATION SYSTEM;

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

EID: 84870066096     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182759e16     Document Type: Editorial

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