Elevated carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels in a patient with no malignancy

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 31, 2000, Pages 163-164

  Shapiro, M ^a,b   Scapa, E ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carcinoembryonic antigen; Tumor markers

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033981275     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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