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Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency

Known as: Insufficiency, Pancreatic, Pancreatic Insufficiencies, Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) 
Inability of the exocrine pancreas to produce and secrete an adequate amount of digestive enzymes into the small intestine. Patients present with… 
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Review
2013
Review
2013
Diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency.
Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency is an important cause of maldigestion and a major complication in chronic pancreatitis. Normal… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency: Diagnosis and treatment
Pancreatic insufficiency is a major consequence of pancreatic diseases leading to a loss of pancreatic parenchyma, obstruction of… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Pancreatic enzyme therapy for pancreatic exocrine insufficiency
Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency with steatorrhea is a major consequence of pancreatic diseases (eg, chronic pancreatitis… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Human pancreatic exocrine response to nutrients in health and disease
Optimal digestion and absorption of nutrients requires a complex interaction among motor and secretory functions of the… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
High Prevalence of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in Diabetes mellitus
Background: There have been numerous reports on pancreatic exocrine dysfunction in diabetes mellitus using either direct or… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Mutations in SBDS are associated with Shwachman–Diamond syndrome
Shwachman–Diamond syndrome (SDS; OMIM 260400) is an autosomal recessive disorder with clinical features that include pancreatic… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Diabetes mellitus and exocrine pancreatic dysfunction in perk-/- mice reveals a role for translational control in secretory cell survival.
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
[The natural course of chronic pancreatitis--pain, exocrine and endocrine pancreatic insufficiency and prognosis of the disease].
The natural course of the classical symptoms of chronic pancreatitis, i.e. pain, exocrine and endocrine pancreatic insufficiency… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Mutations in the cystic fibrosis gene in patients with congenital absence of the vas deferens.
BACKGROUND Congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD) is a form of male infertility in which mutations in the… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Changes in pancreatic exocrine secretion with age: pancreatic exocrine secretion does decrease in the elderly.
Pancreatic exocrine secretion was estimated in 180 normal control patients, free of abdominal and pancreatic disease, aged from… 
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