Infections complicating pancreatitis: diagnosing, treating, preventing.

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Published in New Horiz on May 01, 1998

Authors

W Uhl1, R Isenmann, M W Büchler

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Berne, Switzerland.

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