Epidemiology of Acute Pancreatitis in Hospitalized Children in the United States from 2000–2009

• Chaitanya Pant,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

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• Abhishek Deshpande,

  Affiliation Medicine Institute Center for Value Based Care, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Mojtaba Olyaee,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

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• Michael P. Anderson,

  Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Anas Bitar,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Marilyn I. Steele,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Pat F. Bass III,

  Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Louisiana Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Thomas J. Sferra

  * E-mail: thomas.sferra@uhhospitals.org

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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