Stone or stricture as a cause of extrahepatic cholestasis - Do liver function tests predict the diagnosis?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1453-1456

  Karvonen, Jukka ^a,b   Kairisto, Veli ^a   Grönroos, Juha M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Loimaa District Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bile duct stone; Bile duct stricture; Bilirubin; Cholestasis; Jaundice; Liver function test

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT STONE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCULI; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS, EXTRAHEPATIC; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33845711849     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2006.261     Document Type: Article

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