Usefulness of alanine and aspartate aminotransferases in the diagnosis of microlithiasis in idiopathic acute pancreatitis

International Journal of Pancreatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-111

  Grau, Francisco ^a   Almela, Pedro ^a   Aparisi, Luis ^a,b   Bautista, Daniel ^a   Pascual, Isabel ^a   Peña, Andrés ^a   Rodrigo, José M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b U de Lab de Explor Func Digest   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biliary drainage; Biliary microlithiasis; Biochemical tests; Idiopathic acute pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLELITHIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0033065169     PISSN: 01694197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/ijgc:25:2:107     Document Type: Article

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