Hereditary chronic pancreatitis.

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Hereditary chronic pancreatitis (HCP) is a very rare form of early-onset chronic pancreatitis. Apart from young age at diagnosis and a slower progression, the clinical course, morphological features and laboratory findings of HCP do not differ from those of patients with alcoholic chronic pancreatitis. Diagnostic criteria and treatment of HCP also resemble those of chronic pancreatitis of other causes. The...

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