Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 69, Issue 6 , Pages e31-e37 , May 2009

Does glyceryl nitrate prevent post-ERCP pancreatitis? A prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter trial

Received 26 May 2008 ,Accepted 20 November 2008.

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 DISCLOSURE: All authors disclosed no financial relationships relevant to this publication.

 The EPEPPS-group, contributors: Ulrich Bang, Department of Gastroenterology, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark; Finn Møller Pedersen and Ove B Schaffalitzky de Muckadell, Department of Internal Medicine S, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; Taran Søberg, Division of Gastroenterology, Østfold County Hospital Fredrikstad, Fredrikstad, Norway; Lars Karlsen and Tom Glomsaker, Department of Internal Medicine and Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway; Peter Vilman, Department of Surgery D, Gentofte Hospital, Gentofte, Denmark; Trine Stigaard Larsen, Mikkel Westen, Svend Schulze, Department of Internal Medicine M and Surgery D, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark; Hans Kromann Andersen and Peter Vestergaard, Department of Gastroenterology and Surgery, Roskilde County Hospital Køge, Denmark; Mette Skov, Mark James McCullagh, Lars Bo Svendsen, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery CTX, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Nathalie Lesavre, Center of Clinical Investigation, North Hospital, Marseille, France; Marc Barthet, Department of Gastroenterology, North Hospital, Marseille, France; Per Almquist, Ervin Toth, Department of Surgery, Malmö University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden; Bengt Börjesson and Hans Högström, Department of Surgery, Halmstad Hospital, Halmstad, Sweden; José Sahel, Department of Gastroenterology, Conception Hospital, Marseille, France; Martin Theil Jensen, Department of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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PII: S0016-5107(08)03010-1

doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.11.042

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 69, Issue 6 , Pages e31-e37 , May 2009