Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis

History, physical examination, simple laboratory and radiological tests, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) are able to establish the cause of recurrent acute pancreatitis in 70% to 90% of patients. Dysfunction of the biliary and/or pancreatic sphincter, as identified by sphin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Glen A Lehman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2003-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2003/781237