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Impact of visceral adiposity on severity of acute pancreatitis: a propensity score-matched analysis

BACKGROUND: The relationship between visceral adiposity and acute pancreatitis (AP) has not been completely elucidated. This study evaluated the significance of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and the ratio of VAT to skeletal muscle tissue (VAT/SMT) in the prognosis of AP patients. METHODS: Based on a...

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Autores principales: Xie, Jiarong, Xu, Lu, Pan, Yuning, Li, Peifei, Liu, Yi, Pan, Yue, Xu, Lei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6567912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31195984
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-019-1015-z