Diagnostic value of elevated serum carbohydrate antigen 199 level in acute cholangitis secondary to choledocholithiasis
Yong Mei, Li Chen, Ci-Jun Peng, Jun Wang, Peng-Fei Zeng, Guo-Xing Wang, Wen-Ping Li, Yan-Qing Luo, Chao Du, Kai Liu, Kun Xiong, Kai Leng, Chun-Lin Feng, Ji-Hu Jia
Yong Mei, Jun Wang, Peng-Fei Zeng, Guo-Xing Wang, Wen-Ping Li, Yan-Qing Luo, Chao Du, Kai Liu, Kun Xiong, Kai Leng, Chun-Lin Feng, Ji-Hu Jia, Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, Guizhou Province, China
Li Chen, Diagnostics Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, Guizhou Province, China
Ci-Jun Peng, Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, Guizhou Province, China
Author contributions: Mei Y and Chen L contributed equally to this work; Mei Y, Chen L, Peng CJ and Leng K participated in study design, and drafted the manuscript; Wang J, Zeng PF, Wang GX, Li WP, Luo YQ, Du C, Liu K, Xiong K, Leng K and Feng CL participated in data collection and performed the statistical analysis; all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Supported by the Fund from the Guizhou Provincial Department of Health Science and Technology, No. GZWJKJ2014-2-151; the Science and Technology Fund of Guizhou Province, No. QKH LH [2016] 7421; and Zunyi Science and Technology Research and Development Fund, No. ZSKHS [2016] 06.
Institutional review board statement: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, No. ZSYYLL116.
Informed consent statement: All clinical data were collected with informed consent obtained from study participants.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare that they have no any conflicts of interest related to this study.
STROBE statement: This report is presented as suggested by the STROBE statement, i.e., according to the guidelines for reporting observational studies.
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Correspondence to: Kai Leng, PhD, Chief Doctor, Professor, Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, 98 Fenghuang Load, Zunyi 563000, Guizhou Province, China. lengkai4757zsyy@163.com
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Received: May 27, 2018
Peer-review started: May 27, 2018
First decision: July 3, 2018
Revised: July 23, 2018
Accepted: August 19, 2018
Article in press: August 20, 2018
Published online: October 6, 2018
