Search
Descriptor English: Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
Descriptor Spanish: Insuficiencia Pancreática Exocrina
Descriptor insuficiencia pancreática exocrina
Entry term(s) insuficiencia del páncreas exocrino
insuficiencia pancreática
Scope note: Cuadro de malabsorción a consecuencia de una reducción superior al 10 por ciento de la secreción de las enzimas (LIPASA, PROTEASAS y AMILASA) del PÁNCREAS EXOCRINO al DUODENO. Esta afección se asocia con frecuencia a FIBROSIS QUÍSTICA y PANCREATITIS crónica.
Descriptor Portuguese: Insuficiência Pancreática Exócrina
Descriptor French: Insuffisance pancréatique exocrine
Entry term(s): 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(s): C06.689.276
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010188
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Pancreatic Diseases (1966-1980)
Pancreatitis (1966-1980)
Public MeSH Note: 2005; see PANCREATIC INSUFFICIENCY 1981-2004
History Note: 2005 (1981)
DeCS ID: 10376
Unique ID: D010188
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1981/01/01
Date of Entry: 1980/04/09
Revision Date: 2004/07/07
Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency - Preferred
Concept UI M0015801
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
Entry term(s) Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiencies
Insufficiencies, Exocrine Pancreatic
Insufficiencies, Pancreatic
Insufficiency, Exocrine Pancreatic
Insufficiency, Pancreatic
Pancreatic Insufficiencies
Pancreatic Insufficiencies, Exocrine
Pancreatic Insufficiency
Pancreatic Insufficiency, Exocrine



We want your feedback on the new DeCS / MeSH website

We invite you to complete a survey that will take no more than 3 minutes.


Go to survey