Serum PABA test in chronic pancreatitis.
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Value of serum PABA as a pancreatic function test.
In a total of 71 subjects (19 controls, 24 patients with non-pancreatic gastrointestinal disease, and 27 patients with pancreatic disease) an oral pancreatic function test using N-benzoyl-L-tyrosyl-PABA (BT-PABA) was performed with simultaneous determination of the serum para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA). Urinary excretion of PABA was significantly less (p less than 0.001) in patients with chronic ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.26.5.537