Lesson of the week: Hyperamylasaemia: not the usual suspects

TY - JOUR

T1 - Lesson of the week

T2 - Hyperamylasaemia: not the usual suspects

AU - Srivastava, R

AU - Fraser, C

AU - Gentleman, D

AU - Jamieson, LA

AU - Murphy, MJ

PY - 2005/10/15

Y1 - 2005/10/15

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

U2 - 10.1136/bmj.331.7521.890

DO - 10.1136/bmj.331.7521.890

M3 - Article

SN - 0959-8146

VL - 331

SP - 890

EP - 891

JO - British Medical Journal

JF - British Medical Journal

IS - 7521

ER -