EUS finding of geographic hyperechoic area is an early predictor for severe acute pancreatitis

Pancreatology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 495-501

  Cho, Jae Hee ^a,c   Jeon, Tae Joo ^b,c   Choi, Ja Sung ^a   Kim, Hee Man ^a,c   Park, Ji Young ^b   Kim, Yu Jin ^a,c   Han, Ki Jun ^a   Cho, Hyeon Geun ^a   Bang, Seungmin ^c   Song, Si Young ^c,d  

^a Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Endoscopic ultrasonography; Severity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS JUICE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84873092793     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pan.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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