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Pancreatic insufficiency in inflammatory bowel disease

Clinically significant disease of the pancreas in association with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is unusual but reported. IBD patients have a risk of developing pancreatitis as well as pancreatic insufficiency (PI). Pancreatic elastase-1 is a human and pancreas specific enzyme that is not degraded during intestinal transport and correlates with exocrine pancreatic function test. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between inflammatory bowel disease and pancreatic insufficiency as an extraintestinal manifestation of IBD.

fecal elastase-1; pancreatic insuffiency; inflammatory bowel disease

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