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Amylase is a group of enzymes from the exocrine pancreas.
Amylase can be measured in serum, urine and other body fluids. Amylase can also derive from the salivary glands but it is the pancreatic fraction that is clinically most useful. Indications Amylase levels are useful in the work-up of abdominal pain, epigastric tenderness, nausea and vomiting, when pancreatitis is suspected. Amylase level is useful in the differential diagnosis of acute or chronic pancreatitis which may or may not be related to alcoholism. Also, amylase will be covered for cholelithiasis and biliary cholecystitis.