Circulating CEA levels were determined in 102 patients with histologically proven pancreatic carcinoma and 26 patients with chrdnic pancreatitis. In the group with pancreatic carcinoma eleven patients had resectable tumors, the mean CEA in the nonjaundiced patients was 10 ? 5 ng/ml while the mean va
Carcinoembryonic antigen in pancreatitis
โ Scribed by R. Delwiche; N. Zamcheck; N. Marcon
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 251 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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