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Descriptor English:   Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency 
Descriptor Spanish:   Insuficiencia Pancreática Exocrina 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Insuficiência Pancreática Exócrina 
Synonyms English:   Pancreatic Insufficiency  
Tree Number:   C06.689.276
Definition English:   A malabsorption condition resulting from greater than 10% reduction in the secretion of pancreatic digestive enzymes (LIPASE; PROTEASES; and AMYLASE) by the EXOCRINE PANCREAS into the DUODENUM. This condition is often associated with CYSTIC FIBROSIS and with chronic PANCREATITIS. 
History Note English:   2005 (1981) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   10376 
Unique Identifier:   D010188 

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