Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 73, Issue 1 , Pages 8-14 , January 2010

Elevated Amylase and Lipase Levels in the Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit

  • Cheng-Chia Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Wen-Yuh Chung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Wen-Yuh Chung, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Yang-Hsin Shih

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 27 July 2009 ,Accepted 2 December 2009.

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PII: S1726-4901(10)70015-0

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(10)70015-0

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 73, Issue 1 , Pages 8-14 , January 2010

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