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Comment
. 2008 Oct 14;14(38):5938-9.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5938.

Pharmacopoeia of acute pancreatitis: is the roster complete?

Maxim-S Petrov
Comment

Pharmacopoeia of acute pancreatitis: is the roster complete?

Maxim-S Petrov. World J Gastroenterol. .

Abstract

Acute pancreatitis is one of the most common diseases in the everyday's practise of gastroenterologists and surgeons. However, the physicians' therapeutic armamentarium is very limited. The present letter to the editor briefly describes the recent evidence from the literature with the aim to optimize a conservative management of patients with acute pancreatitis.

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  • Pharmacological approach to acute pancreatitis.
    Bang UC, Semb S, Nojgaard C, Bendtsen F. Bang UC, et al. World J Gastroenterol. 2008 May 21;14(19):2968-76. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2968. World J Gastroenterol. 2008. PMID: 18494044 Free PMC article. Review.

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