Fecal fat concentration in patients with steatorrhea
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Fecal elastase-1 is useful in the detection of steatorrhea in patients with pancreatic diseases but not after pancreatic resection.
BACKGROUND Fecal elastase-1(FE-1) has been suggested as an alternative to steatorrhea quantification to evaluate pancreatic insufficiency, but its diagnostic performance has not been compared with steatorrhea in chronic pancreatitis or after pancreatic resection. METHODS The relationship between steatorrhea and FE-1 was studied in patients with chronic pancreatic disorders or pancreatic resec...
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Total fat balance was studied in 13 healthy controls and 14 patients with primry hyperlipidemia by estimating dietary and fecal fat. Although no difference in fat intake was noted between hyperlipidemics and controls, fecal fat excretion in hyperlipidemics increased significantly as compared with that in controls. The increase in fat excretion was greater in patients with type IIa hyperlipidemi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gastroenterology
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0016-5085
DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(84)90707-8