Using faecal elastase-1 to screen for chronic pancreatitis in patients admitted with acute pancreatitis

HPB

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-226

  Turner, Richard C ^a   McDermott, R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Chronic pancreatitis; Diagnostic tests; Faecal elastase 1

Indexed keywords

PANCREATIC ELASTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FECES ANALYSIS; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL VALUE; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33744829543     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651820500539602     Document Type: Article

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