Biochemical parameters in the early differentiation of the etiology of acute pancreatitis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2355-2359

  Štimac, Davor ^a,b   Rubinić, Milivoj ^a   Lenac, Tea ^a   Kovač, Drazen ^a   Včev, Aleksandar ^a   Miletic, Damir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; BILIRUBIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME TESTS; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANCREATITIS; PANCREATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029841462     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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