Macro-amylasemia in a patient with selective IgA deficiency and antiphospholipid antibodies

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 140-143

  Türkçapar, Nuran ^a,b   Özyüncü, Nil ^a   Idilman, Ramazan ^a   Ensari, Arzu ^a   Soylu, Kazim ^a   Özden, Ali ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid antibodies; Autoimmunity; IgA deficiency; Macro amylasemia; Macroenzymes

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; MACROGOL 6000; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOPSY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERAMYLASEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AMYLASES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; ASPIRIN; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERAMYLASEMIA; IGA DEFICIENCY;

EID: 34147106471     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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