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decreased pancreatic amylase secretion  
reduction in the production and/or release of alpha-amylase, the main starch digesting enzyme component of pancreatic juice, from the acinar cells of the exocrine pancreas; pancreatic alpha-amylase is released into pancreatic ducts in its active form and acts at random locations along the starch chain to break down long-chain carbohydrates, ultimately yielding maltotriose and maltose from amylose, or maltose, glucose and limit dextrin from amylopectin
increased pancreatic amylase secretion 

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: decreased pancreatic alpha-amylase secretion ;   reduced pancreatic alpha-amylase secretion
Definition Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amylase, http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Pancreas

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