Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in diabetes mellitus - prevalence and characteristics.
CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of PEI defined by FE-1 was low in our mixed cohort of type 1 and 2 DM patients. Furthermore, there was a discrepancy between FE-1 and the breath test. Hence, the role of FE-1 in evaluating pancreatic exocrine function in DM should be evaluated in larger studies in order to clarify the association between low FE-1 and clinically relevant PEI.
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Source: European Journal of Internal Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Søfteland E, Poulsen JL, Starup-Linde J, Christensen TT, Olesen SS, Singh S, Vestergaard P, Drewes AM, Dimcevski G Tags: Eur J Intern Med Source Type: research
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