Evaluation of inflammatory cytokines as prognostic markers in experimental acute pancreatitis in rats

Background: Early evaluation of the severity of acute pancreatitis requires measurements of many variables. Clinical parameters as well as CT scan have traditionally been used as predictors of severity, and complications. None of them however can predict the outcome early and reliably. Inflammatory...

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Main Authors: Haim Paran, Galit Sivak, Ami Mayo, Uri Freund, Tamar Reshef, Dvora Kidron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2000-06-01
Series:Acta Cirurgica Brasileira
Subjects:
TNF
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502000000200002