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Current management of acute pancreatitis

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Clancy, T.E., Benoit, E.P. & Ashley, S.W. Current management of acute pancreatitis. J Gastrointest Surg 9, 440–452 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gassur.2004.09.027

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