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. 1988 Jun;29(6):778–781. doi: 10.1136/gut.29.6.778

Frequency of pancreatitis in fulminant hepatic failure using isoenzyme markers.

R J Ede 1, K P Moore 1, W J Marshall 1, R Williams 1
PMCID: PMC1433740  PMID: 2454877

Abstract

Evidence of acute pancreatitis was sought in 35 patients with fulminant hepatic failure. Total amylase was raised in 22 patients and isoenzyme separation showed a distinct P3 isoenzyme (indicative of pancreatitis) in 14. In four patients with marked hyperamylasaemia (greater than 1000 U/l) the predominant isoenzyme was the salivary fraction. Pancreatic lipase was abnormally raised (greater than 200 U/l) in 34 patients but exceeded 1000 U/l in 12 of the 14 with a distinct P3 isoenzyme. Thus on the basis of a distinct P3 isoenzyme of amylase and an increased pancreatic lipase activity evidence of pancreatitis was found in 34% of patients in this series.

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