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Review

Enzyme replacement therapy for pancreatic insufficiency: present and future

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Pages 55-73 | Published online: 04 May 2011

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Table 1 Human pancreatic enzymes involved in lipid digestion

Table 2 Baseline and postprandial activity of the main pancreatic enzymes in healthy humansTable Footnotea

Table 3 Postprandial output expressed as amount of the main pancreatic enzymes in the duodenal lumen in healthy adult humansTable Footnotea

Table 4 Etiologies of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency

Table 5 Baseline or postprandial activity of the main pancreatic enzymes in transitory or irreversible pancreatic insufficiencyTable Footnotea

Figure 1 Failure of pancreatic enzyme therapy: a systematic approach.

Notes: *Restrict fat intake to 50–75 g/day, reduction in fiber, alcohol, calcium and magnesium containing antacids; **Histamine-2 receptor blockers or Proton pump inhibitors; Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, giardiasis, blind loop syndrome, malabsorption of other etiology.
Figure 1 Failure of pancreatic enzyme therapy: a systematic approach.