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The normal serum-amylase level in Africans
Abstract
In 1956 Street and Close! published their method of estimating serum-amylase levels, and gave as their normal a value of 9 - 35 units, the mean being 19·08 units. These figures were the result of amylase estimations in 101 hospital patients in Manchester. No normal range of values has been established for an urban African population where the condition of pancreatitis is very common,2 and it is for this reason that the present investigation has been carried out.
