Pravastatin-Induced Acute Pancreatitis: A Case Report and Literature Review

Pravastatin-Induced Acute Pancreatitis: A Case Report and Literature Review

Pancreatitis is inflammation of pancreas associated most commonly with chronic alcoholism and gallstones. Other less common causes of pancreatitis are hyperlipidemia, infections, surgery, trauma, post endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, and drugs. Drugs are now increasingly recognized as...

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Main Authors:	Zahid Ijaz Tarar MD, Muhammad Usman Zafar MD, Ghulam Ghous MD, Umer Farooq MD, Hafiz Muhammad Hassan Shoukat MD
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SAGE Publishing 2021-06-01
Series:	Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1177/23247096211028386

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