Longitudinal follow-up of exocrine pancreatic function in pancreatic sufficient cystic fibrosis patients using the fecal elastase-1 test

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 474-478

  Walkowiak, Jaroslaw ^a   Nousia Arvanitakis, Sanda ^b   Agguridaki, Christina ^b   Fotoulaki, Maria ^b   Strzykala, Krystyna ^a   Balassopoulou, Angeliki ^c   Witt, Michal ^d   Herzig, Karl Heinz ^e  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Exocrine pancreatic function; Longitudinal follow up; Pancreatic sufficiency

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE; FECES LIPID; CFTR PROTEIN, HUMAN; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; ENZYME ASSAY; EXCRETION; FECAL ELASTASE 1 TEST; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PANCREAS INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STEATORRHEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MUTATION; PANCREAS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUTATION; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC ELASTASE;

EID: 0037822194     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200304000-00010     Document Type: Article

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