Pancreatic ascites in an infant: lack of symptoms and normal amylase.

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Published in Dig Dis Sci on September 01, 2003

Authors

Miguel Saps1, Adam Slivka, Seema Khan, Manuel P Meza, Alka Goyal, Carlo Di Lorenzo

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.

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