How should acute pancreatitis be diagnosed in clinical practice?

Clinical Pancreatology: For Practising Gastroenterologists and Surgeons

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 34-39

  Kwon, Richard S ^a   Banks, Peter A ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Acute pancreatitis; Endoscopic ultrasound; Liver function test; Serum and urinary tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889614562     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470987506.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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