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W. GRAHAM CALKINS, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1966;118(2):103-107.

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THE DETECTION and evaluation of pancreatic disease in patients has always been difficult. The symptomatology of such patients is often vague and nonspecific. The anatomic position of the pancreas is such that physical examination of the patient with pancreatic disease usually provides scant information regarding the structure and function of the pancreas. Much reliance has had to be placed upon the laboratory examination to detect pancreatic disease. Many pancreatic function tests have been introduced in the past. Most of these are indirect measurements of pancreatic function. Direct measurement of pancreatic function can be obtained by collecting pancreatic juice through a duodenal tube after stimulation by secretin. However, this test is time-consuming, subject to mechanical difficulties, and tedious for the average clinician. Hence, its use is confined to a small number of large medical centers.

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Author Affiliations
KANSAS CITY, MO

From the Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration Hospital and the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan.

Footnotes
Received for publication Feb 3, 1966; accepted April 11, 1966.

Reprint requests to Veterans Administration Hospital, 4801 Linwood Blvd, Kansas City, Mo 64128.

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