Fecal pancreatic elastase-1 in the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis in patients attending a tertiary referral hospital in Ghana
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2002-03
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Gastroenterology International
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Fecal pancreatic elastase-1 assays were performed in 56 patients attending medical and gastroenterology clinics with complaints of chronic or recurrent upper abdominal pains. Some of the patients already had confirmed diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis. The levels showed good correlation with these findings; they also enabled a firm diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis to be made in several cases.
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Chronic pancreatitis, Fecal pancreatic elastase-1