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Impact of body mass index on the incidence and severity of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis

BACKGROUND: Pancreatitis is a potential major complication after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (post-ERCP pancreatitis; PEP). Obesity has been associated with increased severity of acute pancreatitis. However, the correlation between obesity and PEP is controversial. Therefore, our...

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Autores principales: Abdelfatah, Mohamed M., Koutlas, Nicholas J., Gochanour, Eric, Hamed, Ahmed, Ibrahim, Mariam, Barakat, Mohamed, Mudireddy, Prashant R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6479648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31040628
http://dx.doi.org/10.20524/aog.2019.0367