Extensive Investigation of Patients with Mild Elevations of Serum Amylase and/or Lipase Is ‘Low Yield’

BACKGROUND: Serum amylase and lipase levels are widely used as markers of pancreatic inflammation. However, it would seem that mild elevations of amylase and lipase rarely predict significant pancreatic pathology. Pancreatic imaging tests are expensive. The gold standard, endoscopic retrograde chola...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michael F Byrne, Robert M Mitchell, Helen Stiffler, Paul S Jowell, Malcolm S Branch, Theodore N Pappas, Doug Tyler, John Baillie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2002-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2002/836012
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!