Abstract | BACKGROUND/AIMS: METHODOLOGY: 82 patients (27 women and 55 men), aged between 28-65 (mean: 47 +/- 8.3), 1-7 (mean: 4.7 +/- 3.6) years after acute pancreatitis were evaluated. Control group consisted of 15 healthy volunteers. Oral glucose tolerance test with RIA insulin level was performed in all examined patients. Patients with any sign of chronic pancreatitis, based on clinical, functional (stool chymotrypsin test) and imaging (US and CT) findings, were excluded from the study. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Ewa Malecka-Panas, Anita Gasiorowska, Anna Kropiwnicka, Anna Zlobinska, Jozef Drzewoski |
Journal | Hepato-gastroenterology
(Hepatogastroenterology)
2002 Nov-Dec
Vol. 49
Issue 48
Pg. 1707-12
ISSN: 0172-6390 [Print] Greece |
PMID | 12397772
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Acute Disease
- Adult
- Aged
- Case-Control Studies
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Diabetes Complications
- Diabetes Mellitus
(diagnosis)
- Diagnostic Techniques, Endocrine
- Female
- Glucose Tolerance Test
- Humans
- Insulin
(metabolism)
- Insulin Secretion
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pancreatitis
(complications, etiology, physiopathology)
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