Lipase/amylase ratio and function liver tests for the etiological assessment of acute pancreatitis: Facts and fiction;Attuali progressi e controversie nella diagnosi eziologica della pancreatite acuta: Il valore dei test di funzionalità epatica e del rapporto lipasi/amilasi

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 477-480

  Pezzilli, Raffaele ^a   Fantini, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute necrotizing pancreatitis; Alcoholic pancreatitis; Alpha amylase; Lipase; Liver function tests

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; HUMAN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMYLASES; HUMANS; LIPASE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 33751168259     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: 00341193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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