Endoscopic ultrasonography of the pancreas as an indirect method to predict pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in patients with chronic pancreatitis

Pancreas

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 724-728

  Enrique Dominguez Munoz J ^a   Álvarez Castro, Ana ^a   Lariño Noia, José ^a   Nieto, Laura ^a   Iglesias García, Julio ^a  

^a University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breath test; Chronic pancreatitis; Endoscopic ultrasonography; Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS EXOCRINE INSUFFICIENCY; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PANCREAS FUNCTION TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; EXOCRINE PANCREATIC INSUFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84863726748     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: 15364828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e31823b5978     Document Type: Article

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