The Lundh test and faecal elastase 1 determination in chronic pancreatitis: A comparative study

Pancreatology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 389-394

  Gredal, C ^a   Madsen, L G ^a   Larsen, S ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; Diagnostic tests; Faecal elastase 1; Lundh test

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE; ISOENZYME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DUODENUM; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEST MEAL;

EID: 0242489167     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073654     Document Type: Article

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