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Diagnostic value of fecal chymotrypsin and trypsin assessment for detection of pancreatic disease

A comparative study

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    Rudolf W. Ammann M.D., P.D., Ernst Tagwercher M.D., Heihachiro Kashiwagi M.D. & Hans Rosenmund Dr. Chem., P.D.

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Supported in part by Grants 3148/64 and 3794/65 from the Schweizerischer Nationalfonds and by a grant from Dr. A. Wander AG, Bern, and Hoechst-Pharma, Frankfurt a.M. and Zurich.

The technical assistance of Mrs. M. Muller, Mrs. C. Spaltenstein, Mrs. S. Janke, and Miss V. Locher is gratefully acknowledged. We are thankful to Prof. E. Jorpes and Dr. V. Mutt for the supply of pancreozymin during the last year.

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Ammann, R.W., Tagwercher, E., Kashiwagi, H. et al. Diagnostic value of fecal chymotrypsin and trypsin assessment for detection of pancreatic disease. Digest Dis Sci 13, 123–146 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02232955

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