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. 2018 Aug 5;131(15):1889-1890.
doi: 10.4103/0366-6999.237390.

Acute Pancreatitis Associated with Valproate Treatment

Wei Quan  1 , Qing Shao  1 , Hui Zhang  2 , Fei-Hu Liu  2 , Xiao-Hong Zhang  2
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Acute Pancreatitis Associated with Valproate Treatment

Wei Quan et al. Chin Med J (Engl). .
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Results of digital radiography were positive for pancreatitis. A “sentinel loop” as the sign of intestinal obstruction (isolated intestinal loop in left upper quadrant) and colonic truncation sign (descending colon without air) appeared in the plain abdominal X-ray film.
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