Article
[Pathogenetic concepts of chronic pancreatitis].
Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie - 1 Nov 2001
Teich N, Keim V
Abstract excerpt
Summary. The understanding of the pathogenesis of chronic pancreatitis is limited. Several theories (i. e. obstruction hypothesis) were suggested in the past but could not be confirmed by experimental data. As a formal description of the course of the disease, the necrosis-fibrosis concept seems to be very attractive. According to this theory, there is no significant difference in the pathogenesis of acute and...
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