Role of serum pancreatic enzyme assays in diagnosis of pancreatic disease

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 39-45

  Ventrucci, Maurizio ^a,b   Pezzilli, Raffaele ^a,b   Gullo, Lucio ^a,b   Platé, Livia ^a,b   Sprovieri, Giuseppe ^a,b   Barbara, Luigi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

diagnosis; pancreatic disease; pancreatic enzymes; serum assays

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE; ISOAMYLASE; PANCREAS ENZYME; TRYPSINOGEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AMYLASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME TESTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOAMYLASE; LIPASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRYPSINOGEN;

EID: 0024581457     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01536152     Document Type: Article

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