Article
Molecular mechanisms in chronic pancreatitis.
Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie - 1 Nov 2001
Esposito I, Friess H, Büchler M W
Abstract excerpt
The pathogenesis of chronic pancreatitis (CP) is still controversial. None of the proposed models has been able to provide a convincing link between the known etiological factors - alcohol abuse, metabolic disturbances, congenital or acquired obstruction of the duct system - and the complex morphological and pathophysiological aspects of the disease. Molecular and cell biology research during the last years,...
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