Etiology of acute pancreatitis: Beware of the lipase/amylase ratio! [2]

Gastroenterology

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2179-2180

  Pezzilli, Raffaele ^a   De Giorgio, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 20444432175     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.04.031     Document Type: Letter

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