In search for a better marker of acute pancreatitis - Third time lucky?

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1471-1473

  Viljoen, Adie ^a   Twomey, Patrick J ^b  

^a LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IPSWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; MOLECULAR MARKER; PROTEINASE; SERINE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRYPSIN; TRYPSINOGEN; TRYPSINOGEN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACINAR CELL; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; MUTATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATITIS; TRYPSIN;

EID: 80055096731     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2011.173385     Document Type: Editorial

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