Increased serum lipase with associated normoamylasemia in cancer patients

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1043-1045

  Diani, Giampiero ^a,b   Poma, Giuseppe ^a   Novazzi, Francesco ^a   Zanirato, Sonia ^b   Porta, Camilla ^b   Moroni, Mauro ^b   Melzi D'Eril, Gian Vico ^c   Moratti, Remigio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Inst Ricovero Cura Carattere S   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; AMYLASE; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLORIMETRY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PANCREATITIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031924138     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/44.5.1043     Document Type: Article

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