Pancreatic exocrine function in African patients

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Abstract
African subjects in Uganda had a normal response to a seeretin-pancreozymin test of exocine pancreatic function. Patients with pancreatic lithiasis had gross impairment of both fluid volume and bicarbonate output during the test; in addition, 4 patients with diabetes mellitus without lithiasis had abnormal responses. Seven of 10 patients with protein calorie malnutrition had moderately impaired exocrine function. The significance of these findings, and the need for a suitable test of exocrine pancreatic function in children, are discussed.