Re: How to predict the severity of acute pancreatitis? An ongoing debate.

Turk J Gastroenterol

Department of General Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China; Department of General Surgery, Daxing teaching Hospital, Capital Medical.

Published: May 2017


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