Clinical Interpretation of Elevated CA 19-9 Levels in Obstructive Jaundice Following Benign and Malignant Pancreatobiliary Disease | Zendy

Min Seong Kim | Zendy; Tae Joo Jeon | Zendy; Ji Young Park | Zendy; Jeongmin Choi | Zendy; Won Chang Shin | Zendy; Seong Eun Park | Zendy; Ji Young Seo | Zendy; Young Moon Kim | Zendy

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Clinical Interpretation of Elevated CA 19-9 Levels in Obstructive Jaundice Following Benign and Malignant Pancreatobiliary Disease

Author(s) -

Min Seong Kim,

Tae Joo Jeon,

Ji Young Park,

Jeongmin Choi,

Won Chang Shin,

Seong Eun Park,

Ji Young Seo,

Young Moon Kim

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

korean journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.203

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 2233-6869

pISSN - 1598-9992

DOI - 10.4166/kjg.2017.70.2.96

Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , obstructive jaundice , gastroenterology , biliary drainage , jaundice , malignant disease , biliary disease , bilirubin , disease , receiver operating characteristic , confidence interval , cancer

Elevated carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19-9 level may be unable to differentiate between benign and malignant pancreatobiliary disease with obstructive jaundice. The study aims to determine the clinical interpretation and the diagnostic value of CA 19-9 level in pancreatobiliary diseases with coexistent obstructive jaundice.

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