Value of combinations of pancreatic function tests to predict mild or moderate chronic pancreatitis

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 207-211

  Gunkel, U ^a   Bitterlich, N ^a   Keim, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic Pancreatitis; Chymotrypsin; Elastase; ERCP; Fuzzy Logic; Pancreatic Insufficiency; Pancreolauryl Test

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN; ELASTASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS FUNCTION TEST;

ADULT; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC FUNCTION TESTS; PANCREATITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0035062873     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-11771     Document Type: Article

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