TY - JOUR
T1 - Exocrine pancreatic function in tropical fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes
AU - Mohan, V.
AU - Snehalatha, C.
AU - Ahmed, M. R.
AU - Madanagopalan, N.
AU - Chari, S.
AU - Jayanthi, V.
AU - Malathi, S.
AU - Ramachandran, A.
AU - Viswanathan, M.
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - Exocrine pancreatic function was studied by fecal chymotrypsin test in three groups of diabetic patients seen in southern India. Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, as shown by low fecal chymotrypsin levels, was seen in 87.5% of patients with fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes (FCPD), in 23.5% of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients, and in 4.5% of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients. There was no correlation between fecal chymotrypsin levels and serum amylase, serum lipase, age, body mass index, duration of diabetes, fasting plasma glucose, or glycosylated hemoglobin levels. The fecal chymotrypsin test is a useful additional investigation for the diagnosis of FCPD found in tropical countries.
AB - Exocrine pancreatic function was studied by fecal chymotrypsin test in three groups of diabetic patients seen in southern India. Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, as shown by low fecal chymotrypsin levels, was seen in 87.5% of patients with fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes (FCPD), in 23.5% of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients, and in 4.5% of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients. There was no correlation between fecal chymotrypsin levels and serum amylase, serum lipase, age, body mass index, duration of diabetes, fasting plasma glucose, or glycosylated hemoglobin levels. The fecal chymotrypsin test is a useful additional investigation for the diagnosis of FCPD found in tropical countries.
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U2 - 10.2337/diacare.12.2.145
DO - 10.2337/diacare.12.2.145
M3 - Article
C2 - 2467788
AN - SCOPUS:0024520090
SN - 0149-5992
VL - 12
SP - 145
EP - 147
JO - Diabetes care
JF - Diabetes care
IS - 2
ER -