Fecal elastase 1 determination in chronic pancreatitis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 210-213

  Gullo, Lucio ^a   Ventrucci, Maurizio ^a   Tomassetti, Paola ^a   Migliori, Marina ^a   Pezzilli, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; Fecal chymotrypsin; Fecal elastase 1; Pancreatic insufficiency

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN; ELASTASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREAS INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PANCREATITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032923323     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026691209094     Document Type: Article

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