Recommendations for the routine use of pancreatic amylase measurement instead of total amylase for the diagnosis and monitoring of pancreatic pathology

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-100

  Panteghini, Mauro ^a   Ceriotti, Ferruccio ^a   Pagani, Franca ^a   Secchiero, Sandra ^a   Zaninotto, Martina ^a   Franzini, Carlo ^a  

^a SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amylase; Isoenzymes; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; PANCREAS ENZYME;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MONITORING; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE INJURY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMYLASES; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC DISEASES;

EID: 0036201910     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2002.017     Document Type: Article

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