A study of pancreatic function among subjects over ninety years of age

Pancreatology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 240-244

  Gullo, Lucio ^a   Simoni, Patrizia ^a   Migliori, Marina ^a   Lucrezio, Laura ^a   Bassi, Michela ^a   Frau, Franca ^a   Costa, Pier Lorenzo ^a   Nesticò, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Institute of Internal Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Exocrine pancreas; Pancreatic function; Serum pancreatic enzymes

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ELASTASE; ISOAMYLASE; PANCREAS ENZYME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

AGED; AGING; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PANCREAS; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 65449174371     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000212090     Document Type: Article

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