2.4 Assessment of Pancreatic Endocrine Reserve in CP Patients
In addition，when patients with CP are evaluated and followed up for total pancreatectomy with islet auto-transplantation（TPIAT），pancreatic endocrine reserve，and importantly functional β-cell mass should be assessed（Rickels et al.2013）.Serum C-peptide levels observed during either OGTT or mixed-nutrient meal testing can be used to estimate functionβ-cell mass.Despite the insulin or C-peptide response to glucosepotentiated arginine testing may be more accurate to measureβ-cell secretory capacity，such testing is not widely accept（Rickels et al.2013；Teuscher et al.1998）.(https://www.daowen.com)
