Exocrine pancreatic function tests Pancreatic disease may be classified as inflammatory, neoplastic traumatic, or genetic.1 According to the definition of Marseillesi inflammatory diseases may be subdivided into (1) acute pancreatitis, The first classification is primarily based on aetiological, the second on clinical and functional and/or morphological criteria. For the diagnosis of pancreatic disease, pancreatic function tests are needed among other diagnostic procedures to assess the amount of functional damage. As pancreatic function returns to normal after attacks of acute or relapsing acute pancreatitis, unlike what is found in the chronic form of the disease, pancreatic function tests are necessary to differentiate between acute and chronic presentations of the disease.
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P. G. Lankisch (1982) studied this question.