Radke R, Hauzeur F, Kröger W
Dtsch Z Verdau Stoffwechselkr. 1980;40(6):233-7.
A discrepancy between the ERP and SPT was found in 16 patients (15,4%) out of 104 examinations. The results of these examinations were compared with the clinical diagnosis. A cause of false positive results of ERP could be operations on pancreas, of SPT the advancing years of the patients. Neither ERP nor SPT has a better diagnostic significance in chronic pancreatitis.