serum irt response to secretin stimulation was greater in 4 of the 5 patients with chronic pancreatitis with mild to moderate exocrine dysfunction than in the control group , suggesting an increased regurgitation of irt into the blood stream by the pancreas , probably due to some degree of obstruction to pancreatic secretory flow in absence of severe acinar cell damage .
C0149521
chronic pancreatitis
C0030274
pancreas