Hyperamylasaemia: Not the usual suspects

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7521, 2005, Pages 890-891

  Srivastava, Rajeev ^a   Fraser, Callum ^a   Gentleman, Douglas ^b   Jamieson, Lynne A ^a   Murphy, Michael J ^a  

^a NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERAMYLASEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; PANCREATITIS; SECRETION;

AMYLASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERAMYLASEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 26944452110     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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