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Acute pancreatitis is an often life-threatening gastroenterological disease. Early diagnosis and reliable assessment of the severity of acute pancreatitis can have a decisive influence on the patient’s prognosis.
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Lankisch, P.G., Büchler, M., Mössner, J., Müller-Lissner, S. (1997). Introduction. In: A Primer of Pancreatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60870-4_1
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