Fecal elastase-1 concentration: An indirect test of exocrine pancreatic function and a marker of an enteropathy regardless of cause

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 314-315

  Nousia Arvanitakis, Sanda ^a,b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CHYMOTRYPSIN; ELASTASE; ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GLIADIN ANTIBODY; GLUTEN; MILK PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; SECRETIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PANCREATIC ELASTASE;

CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EDITORIAL; ENTEROPATHY; FECES ANALYSIS; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE INJURY; MALABSORPTION; PANCREAS; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PANCREAS SECRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; TEST MEAL; CHILD; ENZYMOLOGY; FECES; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PANCREAS EXOCRINE INSUFFICIENCY; PANCREAS FUNCTION TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; EXOCRINE PANCREATIC INSUFFICIENCY; FECES; HUMANS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PANCREATIC FUNCTION TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0043135190     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200303000-00004     Document Type: Editorial

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