| Literature DB >> 14058261 |
O FITZGERALD, P FITZGERALD, J FENNELLY, J P MCMULLIN, S J BOLAND.
Abstract
A series of 53 cases of chronic pancreatic disease is described and attention drawn to the frequency with which symptoms are persistent rather than intermittent. A plea is made for the use of the term ;progressive' rather than ;relapsing' in describing many of these cases. Alcohol was an unimportant factor in the aetiology. The possibility of achieving an accurate and early diagnosis using the serum secretin/pancreozymin test is emphasized. The frequent relief of symptoms and the prevention of progress of the disease by surgery, especially sphincterotomy, is recorded.Entities:
Keywords: AMYLASE; DIAGNOSIS, LABORATORY; ENZYME TESTS; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONES; PANCREATITIS; PANCREOZYMIN; PROGNOSIS; SECRETIN; SPRUE; STATISTICS; SURGERY, OPERATIVE
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Year: 1963 PMID: 14058261 PMCID: PMC1413444 DOI: 10.1136/gut.4.3.193
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gut ISSN: 0017-5749 Impact factor: 23.059