Serum pancreatic enzyme concentrations in chronic viral liver diseases

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 350-355

  Pezzilli, Raffaele ^a,b   Andreone, Pietro ^a   Morselli Labate, Antonio Maria ^a   Sama, Claudia ^a   Billi, Paola ^a   Cursaro, Carmela ^a   Barakat, Bahjat ^a   Gramenzi, Annagiulia ^a   Fiocchi, Manuela ^a   Miglio, Federico ^a   Bernardi, Mauro ^a  

^a Int Med and Gastroenterology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amylase; Chronic hepatitis; Hepatitis B virus infection; Hepatitis C virus infection; Lipase

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032942883     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026662719514     Document Type: Article

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