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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) 
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Record Number:   10376 
Unique Identifier:   D010188 

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