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Descriptor English:   Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency 
Descriptor Spanish:   Insuficiencia Pancreática Exocrina 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Insuficiência Pancreática Exócrina 
Synonyms English:   Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiencies
Insufficiencies, Exocrine Pancreatic
Insufficiencies, Pancreatic
Insufficiency, Exocrine Pancreatic
Insufficiency, Pancreatic
Pancreatic Insufficiencies
Pancreatic Insufficiencies, Exocrine
Pancreatic Insufficiency
Pancreatic Insufficiency, Exocrine  
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 DG diagnostic imaging
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
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   10376 
Unique Identifier:   D010188 

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