Low fecal elastase 1 levels do not indicate exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in type-1 diabetes mellitus

Pancreas

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 274-278

  Hahn, Jan Uwe ^a   Kerner, Wolfgang ^a   Maisonneuve, Patrick ^b   Lowenfels, Albert B ^c   Lankisch, Paul Georg ^d,e  

^a Klinikum Karlsburg   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Municipal Hospital of Lueneburg   (Germany)

^e NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency; Fecal elastase 1; Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE; FECES LIPID; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME RELEASE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; PANCREAS EXOCRINE INSUFFICIENCY; PANCREAS FUNCTION TEST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETIN CERULEIN TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEATORRHEA;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EXOCRINE PANCREATIC INSUFFICIENCY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PANCREATIC FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 41149108243     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e3181656f8     Document Type: Article

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