...L. Gullo Several studies have shown that exocrine pancreatic function may be impaired in various non-pancreatic digestive diseases. The impairment, however, is usually mild to moderate and generally does not cause malabsorption. In some patients, however, pancreatic insufficiency is severe enough...

...L. Elsborg The incidence of pancreatitis has been increasing during the last decennium paralleling a rapid enhancement in alcohol consumption. For many years, diagnostic criteria of chronic pancreatitis were exclusively based on the estimation of the exocrine pancreatic function. New valuable...

... of cerulein generally used in clinical practice to explore the exocrine pancreatic function are not supramaximal. Cerulein Exocrine pancreatic function Secretin-cerulein test 4 05 1987 30 1 2009 © 1988 S. Karger AG, Basel 1988 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All...

...Sulieman S. Fedail; Yaccoub M. Baher; Omar I. Aboud Exocrine pancreatic function was studied in 36 patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis and 31 control subjects. The secretin test and the Lundh test meal were used to assess exocrine pancreas function. Patients with hepatosplenic...

... of the functional reserve capacity of the exocrine pancreas, both the SPT and fecal fat analysis are considered necessary. The correlation between impaired glucose tolerance and exocrine pancreatic function was poor. 10 06 1985 29 1 2009 © 1986 S. Karger AG, Basel 1986 Copyright / Drug Dosage...

...P.G. Lankisch; G. Manthey; J. Otto; H. Koop; M. Talaulicar; B. Willms; W. Creutzfeldt Exocrine pancreatic function was studied in patients with long-standing insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus using the secretin-pancreozymin test (n = 53), and estimation of immunoreactive trypsin (n = 43...

...Hideyuki Wakasugi; Tohru Funakoshi; Hiroshi Ibayashi Exocrine pancreatic function was evaluated in patients with primary diabetes mellitus by oral administration of N-benzoyl- L -tyrosyl- p -aminobenzoic acid (pancreatic function diagnostant test, PFD test) and p -aminobenzoic acid (PABA absorption...

... for a follow-up examination 11 years later. Of the 7 patients with abnormal exocrine pancreatic function at the first test, 5 remained abnormal and 2 became normal, whereas of the 13 patients with initially normal pancreatic function the test result remained normal in 11 patients and became abnormal in 2...

... pancreatitis were established in 1995. The secretin test (a duodenal intubation test) and the combination of noninvasive tests, N-benzoyl-L-tyrosyl-p-aminobenzoic acid (BT-PABA) and fecal chymotrypsin (FCT), have been recommended for evaluating exocrine pancreatic function in patients with chronic pancreatitis...