Pancreas Divisum and Acute or Chronic Pancreatitis

  • Raffaele Pezzilli Unità Pancreas Dipartimento di Malattie Apparato Digerente e Medicina Interna Ospedale Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Via G. Massarenti, 9 40138 Bologna Italy Phone: +39-051.636.4148 Fax: +39-051.636.4148
Keywords: Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde, Magnetic Resonance, Multidetector Computed Tomography, Pancreas /abnormalities, Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing, Chronic

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Pancreas news
Published
2012-01-10
How to Cite
PezzilliR. (2012). Pancreas Divisum and Acute or Chronic Pancreatitis. JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, 13(1), 118-119. https://doi.org/10.6092/1590-8577/640
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