Diagnostic Value of Plasma Amylase, especially after Gastrectomy
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Diagnostic Value of Plasma Amylase, Especially after Gastrectomy.
The plasma-amylase level is almost invariably raised at the height of an attack of acute pancreatitis. However, the diagnostic value of this is limited by the occasional finding of .qually high levels in patients with acute abdominal conditions which are not primarily acute pancreatitis. In our experience such " false-positive " findings have been commonly associated with a history of gastrecto...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1964
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.5376.160