Lesson of the week: Hyperamylasaemia: not the usual suspects

R Srivastava; C Fraser; D Gentleman; LA Jamieson; MJ Murphy

doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7521.890

Lesson of the week: Hyperamylasaemia: not the usual suspects

R Srivastava, C Fraser, D Gentleman, LA Jamieson, MJ Murphy

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Abstract

Interpretation of abnormally high serum amylase activity is not always straightforward. Sometimes, as here, patients are erroneously labelled as having pancreatitis despite the absence of clinical features to support this diagnosis. Such assumptions may affect the interpretation of investigations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	890-891
Number of pages	2
Journal	British Medical Journal
Volume	331
Issue number	7521
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.331.7521.890
Publication status	Published - 15 Oct 2005

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Lesson of the week: Hyperamylasaemia: not the usual suspects

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