Chronic pancreatitis: relation between function and morphology

In our department, we routinely use a combined exocrine-endocrine function test to evaluate the pancreatic function in chronic pancreatitis i.e. urinary para amino benzoic acid (PABA) recovery and pancreatic polypeptide secretion in response to a meal and glucose tolerance test.To study the relationship between changes in morphology and exocrine/endocrine function in patients with chronic pancreatitis.In 103 patients with chronic pancreatitis...