A non-icteric cholecystectomized patient with recurrent attacks of right epigastric pain and dilated common bile duct - Do liver function tests predict bile duct stones?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-37

  Gronroos J M ^a   Haapamaki M M ^a   Gullichsen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Cholecystectomy; Cholestasis; Common bile duct; Gallstones; Liver function tests

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILE DUCT STONE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PLASMA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCT DISEASES; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; STOMACH DISEASES;

EID: 0035114002     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2001.009     Document Type: Article

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