Acute recurrent pancreatitis: Etiopathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 45, 2014, Pages 16891-16901

  Testoni, Pier Alberto ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute recurrent pancreatitis; Aetiopathogenesis; Chronic pancreatitis; Diagnosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; SPINK1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ACUTE RECURRENT PANCREATITIS; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLEDOCHOCELE; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; PANCREAS DIVISUM; PANCREAS JUICE; PRSS1 GENE; SPHINCTEROTOMY; VATER PAPILLA STENOSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; PANCREATITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84917708975     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.16891     Document Type: Article

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