Human pancreas-specific protein/procarboxypeptidase B: A useful serum marker of acute pancreatitis

Digestion

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 73-77

  Pezzilli, Raffaele ^a   Billi, Paola ^a   Platè, Livia ^a   Bongiovanni, F ^a   Labate, Morselli A M ^a   Miglioli, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Amylase; hPASP PCPB; Lipase

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE B; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PANCREAS ENZYME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE B; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0028079612     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: 14219867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000201128     Document Type: Article

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