...Patricia Kuiper; Izäk Biemond; Ad A. Masclee; Jan B. Jansen; Hein W. Verspaget; Cornelis B. Lamers Background/Aims: The secretin stimulation test is the principal diagnostic tool to identify Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES). We investigated, by intra-individual comparison, which dose of secretin...

... for exocrine pancreatic function, using endoscopic aspiration of secretin-stimulated pancreatic juice, has been developed. We evaluated the test using the Lundh meal test as reference. Methods: The endoscopic secretin stimulation test (ESST) was performed in a consecutive row of 24 patients referred...

... cholangiopancreatography 5 years after the episode of pancreatitis, and compared the findings with the findings from a control group. We administered secretin in 16 of the study group cases when visualization of the duct was incomplete or absent. The statistical study of diameter and length showed significant differences...

... was to increase our understanding of this condition by determining the serum pancreatic enzyme response as well as changes in the caliber of the Wirsung duct after secretin stimulation. Methods: Twenty subjects with CNPH and 9 healthy subjects without CNPH were studied. Blood samples were drawn 5 and 0 min before...

...William Y. Chey; Ta-min Chang Exocrine pancreatic secretion is regulated by hormone-hormonal and neural-hormonal interactions involving several regulatory peptides and neurotransmitter from the gut, the pancreas and the vagus nerve. The roles of the gastrointestinal peptides including secretin, CCK...