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Article: Pancreatic Enzyme Supplementation in CF Patients Before and After Fibrosing Colo.
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- Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine Reports
- Article date:
- May 1, 1998
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Pancreatic Enzyme Supplementation in CF Patients Before and After Fibrosing Colonopathy
ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY
Synopsis: There is a strong association between high doses of pancreatic enzyme and development of fibrosing colonopathy.
Source: Stevens JC, et al. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1998; 26:80-84.
Nine children diagnosed with fibrosing colonopathy received high doses of pancreatic enzymes. Stevens and associates from the Indiana University School of Medicine reviewed the records of 258 patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) of the pancreas with pancreatic insufficiency and nine additional patients who had fibrosing colonopathy. In the ...