Remarkably elevated serum levels of carbohydrate antigen 19-9 in cystic duct and common bile duct lithiasis

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-112

  Mimidis, Konstantinos ^a   Anagnostoulis, Stavros ^b   Iakovidis, Charalampos ^b   Argyropoulou, Paraskevi ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF ALEXANDROUPOLIS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CYSTIC DUCT; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; CA-19-9 ANTIGEN; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; CYSTIC DUCT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 42449133410     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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