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Serum Enzymes in Diagnosis of Chronic Pancreatitis

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Diagnostic Procedures in Pancreatic Disease

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Quantitative analysis of serum levels of pancreas-specific enzymes in diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis is based on the assumption that the amount of pancreatic enzymes entering the bloodstream is dependent on the amount of functioning exocrine pancreatic parenchyma and thus should be reduced with the progressive loss of exocrine tissue in chronic pancreatitis [1]. Consequently, levels of trypsin, pancreatic-isoamylase, and lipase have been analyzed extensively for many years, both under fasting conditions and following hormonal stimulation of the exocrine pancreas in comparison with the results of exocrine pancreatic function testing most reliably performed by direct tests [9].

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Schneider, M.U. (1986). Serum Enzymes in Diagnosis of Chronic Pancreatitis. In: Malfertheiner, P., Ditschuneit, H. (eds) Diagnostic Procedures in Pancreatic Disease. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71128-2_36

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