Seasonal variation in the onset of acute pancreatitis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 3328-3331

  Gallerani, Massimo ^a   Boari, Benedetta ^a   Salmi, Raffaella ^b   Manfredini, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONOBIOLOGY; COLD CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 9744236499     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i22.3328     Document Type: Article

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