Acid Steatocrit in Normal Children, Sick Controls and Patients with Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency † 602
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Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
Exocrine pancreatic insuffiency is loss of ability to properly digest food due to inadequate pancreatic enzyme activity. The etiology of exocrine pancreatic insuffiency, in humans, is mostly chronic pancreatitis or diseases affecting pancreas such as cytsic fibrosis, Shwachman-Diamond syndrome. It may also occur as a complication of gastric or pancreatic surgical procedures due to decrease of e...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199804001-00623