Correlation of serum amylase levels with pancreatic pathology and pancreatitis etiology

Pancreas

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 159-162

  Nordestgaard, Aksel G ^a   Wilson, Samuel E ^a   Williams, Russell A ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Computed tomography; Etiology; Pancreatic pathology; Serum amylase levels

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AMYLASES; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0023791454     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: 15364828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-198804000-00008     Document Type: Article

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