Descriptive study of chronic calcific pancreatitis in Sri Lanka
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Descriptive study of chronic calcific pancreatitis in Sri Lanka.
OBJECTIVES To describe the potential risk factors, clinical features, biochemical and radiological features, and management of chronic calcific pancreatitis. DESIGN Cross-sectional descriptive study. SETTING Tertiary care general hospital. PATIENTS Fifty patients with pancreatic calcification referred to the Colombo South Teaching Hospital, and 50 age-matched controls from healthy relativ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ceylon Medical Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2386-1274,0009-0875
DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v50i1.1581