Prevalence of macroamylasaemia using polyethylene glycol precipitation as a screening method

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-45

  Lawson, G J ^a  

^a KENT AND SUSSEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; MACROGOL; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; HYPERAMYLASEMIA; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

AMYLASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ENZYME TESTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MALTOSE; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC DISEASES; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PRECIPITATION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0035166248     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0004563011900263     Document Type: Article

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