Chronic pancreatitis: diagnosis and management of complications

Autor: A. R. W. Hatfield, D Churchill, Stephen P. Pereira, S Cairns, GJ Webster, Nicholas I. Church
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Gut. 56:1189-1190
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2007.132498
Popis: This is an introduction to the Gut tutorial “Chronic pancreatitis: diagnosis and management of complications” hosted on BMJ Learning—the best available learning website for medical professionals, from the BMJ Group. Chronic pancreatitis is a progressive inflammatory condition that leads to irreversible loss of pancreatic structure and function. Eighty percent of cases are due to alcohol misuse. Chronic pancreatitis usually presents with abdominal pain, followed at a variable interval …
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