Serum markers in the early assessment of severity of acute pancreatitis: Which is the most useful?

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 439-441

  Chen, Chun Chia ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 11; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; PANCREATITIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 9244253701     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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