Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 8 , Pages 567-570 , August 2010

ERCP-induced and non-ERCP-induced acute pancreatitis: Two distinct clinical entities with different outcomes in mild and severe form?

Received 27 August 2009 ,Accepted 28 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2009.10.008

Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 8 , Pages 567-570 , August 2010

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