Abstract:The goal of the study was to evaluate progression of acute pancreatitis (AP) based on measurement of plasma levels of polymorph nuclear neutrophil (PMN) elastase, thrombomodulin (TM), lipopolysaccharide (LPS), thrombin-antithrombin III complex (TAT), and platelet counts associated with neutrophil extracellular trap (NETs). The subjects were 42 patients with AP, including 30 classified with mild AP (MAP) and 12 with severe AP (SAP), and 20 normal adult controls. Plasma levels of TM, PMN elastase, LPS, and TAT w… Show more
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