title: Circulating cytokines in predicting development of severe acute pancreatitis.
abstract: Acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory disease process which may present with clinical manifestations ranging from benign self-limited disease to overwhelming sepsis. The ability to predict outcome would be helpful in developing treatment plans, and possibly in stratifying patients for clinical trials.
authors: Ori D
authors: OD
authors: Rotstein
mesh_terms: D016207:Cytokines / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines