Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHODS: RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: The aggressive nature of alcoholic acute pancreatitis in Soweto seems to reflect early profound fibrinolysis, which precedes coagulation and is initially independent of trypsin. Subclinical acinar-cell injury and a profibrinolytic diathesis in outwardly healthy Sowetans may predispose to this problem.
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Authors | Isidor Segal, Christopher Chaloner, Jessica Douglas, Klaus-Dieter John, Amir Zaidi, Lawrence Cotter, Stefan Appelros, Anders Borgström, Joan M Braganza |
Journal | The American journal of gastroenterology
(Am J Gastroenterol)
Vol. 97
Issue 4
Pg. 883-92
(Apr 2002)
ISSN: 0002-9270 [Print] United States |
PMID | 12003423
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Protease Inhibitors
- Fibrin
- Trypsinogen
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Topics |
- Acute Disease
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Female
- Fibrin
(analysis)
- Fibrinolysis
(physiology)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pancreatitis, Alcoholic
(blood, metabolism, urine)
- Protease Inhibitors
(blood, urine)
- Severity of Illness Index
- South Africa
- Trypsinogen
(blood, metabolism, urine)
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