A prospective, comparative study of the para-aminobenzoic acid test and faecal elastase 1 in the assessment of exocrine pancreatic function

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 467-471

  Sonwalkar, S A ^a   Holbrook, I B ^a   Phillips, I ^b   Kelly, S M ^a  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; ELASTASE; PANCREAS ENZYME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; ENZYME THERAPY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OUTPATIENT; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PANCREAS FUNCTION TEST; PANCREAS INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEATORRHEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

4-AMINOBENZOIC ACID; ADULT; AGED; CELIAC DISEASE; DIARRHEA; EXOCRINE PANCREATIC INSUFFICIENCY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037328023     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.2003.01451.x     Document Type: Article

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