ESPGHAN and NASPGHAN Report on the Assessment of Exocrine Pancreatic Function and Pancreatitis in Children.
The purpose of this clinical report is to discuss several recent advances in assessing exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) and pancreatitis in children, to review the array of pancreatic function tests, to provide an update on the inherited causes of EPI, with special emphasis on newly available genetic testing, and to review newer methods for evaluating pancreatitis.
*Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield, UK †St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA ‡Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL §Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA ||Children's Hospital of Erlanger, Chattanooga, TN ¶Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium #Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands **Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. ***Collaborators: Vandenplas Y, Gottrand F, Lionetti P, Papadopoulos A, Rümmele F, Tempia-Schäppi M, Thapar N, Orel R, Heuschkel R, Falconer J, and Karelis S.
Christopher J
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Taylor
Kathy
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Chen
Karoly
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Horvath
David
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Hughes
Mark E
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Lowe
Devendra
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Mehta
Abrahim I
AI
Orabi
Jeremy
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Screws
Mike
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Thomson
Stephanie
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Van Biervliet
Henkjan J
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Verkade
Sohail Z
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Husain
Michael
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Wilschanski
D002648:Child; D010188:Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010186:Pancreatic Function Tests / Q000379:methods*; D050500:Pancreatitis, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D058028:Research Report; D012952:Societies