Lysosomal aspartic and cysteine proteinases serum levels in patients with pancreatic cancer or pancreatitis

Pancreas

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-27

  Leto, Gaetano ^a,b   Tumminello, Francesca Maria ^a   Pizzolanti, Giuseppe ^a   Montalto, Giuseppe ^b   Soresi, Maurizio ^b   Carroccio, Antonio ^b   Ippolito, Salvatore ^b   Gebbia, Nicola ^a  

^a Policlinico P Giaccone   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cathepsin B; Cathepsin D; Cathepsin L; Lysosomal proteinases; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatitis; Tumor markers; Tumor progression

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMMONIA LYASE; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN D; CATHEPSIN L; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; LYSOSOME ENZYME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0031019223     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-199701000-00004     Document Type: Article

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