Urinary amylase/urinary creatinine ratio (uAm/uCr)--a less-invasive parameter for management of hyperamylasemia.

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Published in BMC Pediatr on December 13, 2013

Authors

Keita Terui1, Tomoro Hishiki, Takeshi Saito, Tetsuya Mitsunaga, Mitsuyuki Nakata, Hideo Yoshida

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Japan. kta@cc.rim.or.jp.

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