How to Evaluate the Severity of Acute Pancreatitis: Back to the Past?

  • Raffaele Pezzilli Pancreas Unit, Department of Digestive Diseases and Internal Medicine, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital. Bologna, Italy
Keywords: Blood Urea Nitrogen, C-Reactive Protein, Early Diagnosis, Interleukins, Meta-Analysis, Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing

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Published
2012-05-10
How to Cite
PezzilliR. (2012). How to Evaluate the Severity of Acute Pancreatitis: Back to the Past?. JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, 13(3), 324-325. https://doi.org/10.6092/1590-8577/844
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