I^131-LABELED FAT AND PANCREATIN AS A DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION TEST IN PATIENTS WITH STEATORRHEA
- 1 June 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 52 (6) , 1195-1200
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-52-6-1195
Abstract
Seven patients with calcific pancreatitis and 7 patients with malabsorption syndrome were studied by plasma radioactivity determinations after Il31-iabeled fat meals without, and later with, concomitant pancreatin (Viokase) administration. Patients with pancreatic insufficiency showed a marked rise of the mean maximal plasma I131, while those with intestinal malabsorption had no significant change. In addition to its use as a differential test, substitution therapy with pancreatin may be assessed.Keywords
This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: