Clinical Pancreatology for Practicing Gastroenterologists and Surgeons
Contributors: Guido Adler (Contributor); Ake Andreen-Sandberg (Contributor); Costas Argerinos (Contributor); Emiliano Astudillo (Contributor); Costas Avgerinos (Contributor); Jennifer Barro (Contributor); Emil J. Balthazar (Contributor); Peter Banks (Contributor); Juan Enrique Dominguez-Munoz (Editor)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: January 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9781405122764
Subjects: Diseases & disorders; Pancreatitis; Medical; Medical / Nursing; diagnosis; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Gastroenterology; Medical / Endocrinology & Metabolism; PANCREAS_DISEASES; Diseases; Pancreas; therapy
First sentence: Acute pancreatitis is a protean disease, capable of resulting in pathologic findings ranging from mild pancreatic edema to total organ necrosis, and from regional retroperitoneal inflammation to systemic multiorgan failure.