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Ultrasound in Acute Pancreatitis

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Diagnostic Procedures in Pancreatic Disease

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The practical difficulties of applying sonography in acute pancreatitis are well known and have limited the usefulness of the technique.

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  1. Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London, W1N 8AA, UK

    W. R. Lees

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  1. Abteilung Innere Medizin II, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Steinhövelstraße 9, D-7900, Ulm/Donau, Germany

    Peter Malfertheiner  & Hans Ditschuneit  & 

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Lees, W.R. (1986). Ultrasound in Acute Pancreatitis. In: Malfertheiner, P., Ditschuneit, H. (eds) Diagnostic Procedures in Pancreatic Disease. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71128-2_4

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