LDH to AST ratio in biliary pancreatitis - A possible indicator of pancreatic necrosis: Preliminary results

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 363-367

  Isogai, Masatoshi ^a   Yamaguchi, Akihiro ^a   Hori, Akihiro ^a   Kaneoka, Yuji ^a  

^a OGAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PANCREATITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032033963     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(97)00106-8     Document Type: Article

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