Diagnostic Accuracy of Fecal Elastase 1 Assay in Patients with Pancreatic Maldigestion or Intestinal Malabsorption
- 1 June 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
- Vol. 46 (6) , 1335-1342
Abstract
Several reports have indicated that fecal elastase-1 (EL-1) determination is a new, sensitive, and specific noninvasive pancreatic function test; however, very few patients with malabsorption due to...Keywords
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