Pancreatic function testing: Here to stay for the 21st century

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 3149-3158

  Lieb II, John G ^a   Draganov, Peter V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

CCK stimulation test; Chronic pancreatitis; Endsocopic secretin stimulation test; Fecal elastase; Pancreatic function testing; Secretin stimulation test

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ; CHYMOTRYPSIN; FECES LIPID; LIPID; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; SECRETIN; TRYPSIN;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHOLECYSTOKININ STIMULATION TEST; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PANCREAS FUNCTION TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; SECRETIN STIMULATION TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEATORRHEA;

EID: 48949087093     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.3149     Document Type: Review

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