Disease relevance of Pancreatic Function Tests

• Comparison of the oral (PABA) pancreatic function test, the secretin-pancreozymin test and endoscopic retrograde pancreatography in chronic alcohol induced pancreatitis [1].
• Plasma cyclic AMP levels during a secretin-caerulein pancreatic function test in liver and pancreatic disease [2].
• The oral pancreatic function test with N-benzoyl-L-tyrosyl-p-aminobenzoic acid: acute toxicity and effects of renal function on this test [3].
• The BTPABA pancreatic function test in giardiasis [4].
• We performed pancreatic function tests on sixty-five cystic fibrosis (CF), and eleven control children [5].

High impact information on Pancreatic Function Tests

• The aim of this study was to determine if bacterial lipase is resistant to acid denaturation and is active in the presence of bile acids by comparing its stability with that of porcine lipase in gastric and duodenal juice obtained from six patients undergoing a cholecystokinin octapeptide pancreatic function test [6].
• Pancreatic function was estimated by measuring enzymatic activities in the duodenal contents after a test meal and by determination of urinary excretion of p-aminobenzoic acid (pancreatic function test) after oral ingestion of the chymotrypsin-labile peptide N-benzoyl-L-tyrosyl-p-aminobenzoic acid [7].
• The reinvestigation evaluation included glucose tolerance test, exocrine pancreatic function test, pain status, physical status, professional and social rehabilitation, and quality of life [8].
• The effect of moderate sedation on exocrine pancreas function in normal healthy subjects: a prospective, randomized, cross-over trial using the synthetic porcine secretin stimulated Endoscopic Pancreatic Function Test (ePFT) [9].
• To examine a large number of elderly persons, including people of very advanced age (80 years and over), pancreatic function was studied by using the fluorescein dilaurate test (pancreolauryl test), one of the most recent tubeless, noninvasive pancreatic function tests [10].

Biological context of Pancreatic Function Tests

• The oral pancreatic function test (PFT) depends upon urinary recovery of p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) released by chymotrypsin hydrolysis of orally administered N-benzoyl-L-tyrosyl-p-aminobenzoid acid [11].

Associations of Pancreatic Function Tests with chemical compounds

• An oral pancreatic function test (PFT) using the synthetic peptide N-benzoyl-L-tyrosyl-p-aminobenzoic acid can assess pancreatic exocrine function, since urinary recovery of the ingested dose is an indirect index of chymotryptic activity [12].
• In this study, three absorption tests were applied: the oral pancreatic function test using N-benzoyl-L-tyrosyl-p-aminobenzoic acid (NBT-PABA), the D-xylose tolerance test, and the oral fat tolerance test [13].
• The pancreatic function test at the Gastro-intestinal Clinic, Groote Schuur Hospital--a historical perspective [14].

Gene context of Pancreatic Function Tests

• The pancreatic function test, therefore, measures the lipolytic activities not merely of cholesterol esterase, but indirectly of lipase, as well [15].
• In conclusion this derivative of CCK can be considered as a potent and useful alternative to amphibian caerulein in direct pancreatic function tests [16].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Pancreatic Function Tests

• Analysis of p-aminobenzoic acid and its metabolites in urine and plasma by ion pair HPLC in the NBT-PABA pancreatic function test [17].
• A group of 47 carefully assessed patients with noncalcific pancreatitis was studied with ERCP and the secretin pancreozymin pancreatic function test (PFT) [18].

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