Evaluation of performance of measurement of faecal α 1- antitrypsin clearance and technetium-99m human serum albumin scintigraphy in protein-losing enteropathy

Digestion

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 199-206

  Chau, T N ^a   Mok, M Y ^b   Chan, E Y T ^c   Luk, W H ^a   Lai, K B ^a   Li, F T W ^d   Leung, V K S ^a   Wong, R ^e  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^e ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Diagnostic investigation; Gastrointestinal protein loss; Validity

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN CLEARANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; CHILD; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SERUM ALBUMIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960258894     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: 14219867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327914     Document Type: Article

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