Serum amylase elevation following hepatic resection in patients with chronic liver disease

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-238

  Miyagawa, Shinichi ^a   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^a   Kawasaki, Seiji ^a   Kakazu, Tohru ^a   Hayashi, Ken ^a   Kasai, Hide ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERAMYLASEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 0030041534     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(97)89556-6     Document Type: Article

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