Evaluation of pro-carboxypeptidase A and carboxypeptidase A as serologic markers for adenocarcinoma of the pancreas

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Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 451-457

  Shamamian, Peter ^a   Goldberg, Judith D ^a   Ye, Xiang Y ^a   Stewart, Jonathan D ^b   White, Peter J ^b   Gilvarg, Charles ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pancreatic cancer; Pro carboxypeptidase A; Tumor marker

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYPEPTIDASE A; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PROCARBOXYPEPTIDASE A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS INSUFFICIENCY; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 37849187428     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651820600747907     Document Type: Article

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