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Diagnostic value of immunoreactive phospholipase A2 in acute pancreatitis
P Malfertheiner1, T Nevalainen, W Uhl
1Department of Gastroenterology, University of Ulm.
Klinische Wochenschrift
|February 1, 1989
Abstract:
In a prospective clinical trial 85 patients with acute pancreatitis were analysed for serum total amylase, pancreatic amylase, pancreatic lipase, trypsin, elastase 1, and immunoreactive phospholipase A2 (IR-PLA2). The diagnostic sensitivity of serum IR-PLA2 was comparable to that of serum total amylase, pancreatic amylase, and trypsin. The specificity of IR-PLA2 is superior to that of serum total amylase determination due to the fact that the IR-PLA2 determination is based on an antibody against human pancreatic PLA2.