13C labelled cholesteryl octanoate breath test for assessing pancreatic exocrine insufficiency
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Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency: accuracy and clinical value of the uniformly labelled 13C-Hiolein breath test.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS The 13C-Hiolein breath test (98% [U-13C] labelled long chain triglyceride mixture (highly labelled triolein) was evaluated as a non-invasive, non-radioactive test for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. Accuracy and clinical validity were examined with reference to both the secretin pancreozymin test and faecal fat analysis. METHODS A secretin pancreozymin test and faecal f...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0017-5749,1468-3288
DOI: 10.1136/gut.42.1.81