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Is acute recurrent pancreatitis a chronic disease?
World journal of gastroenterology - 21 Feb 2008
Mariani Alberto, Testoni Pier Alberto
Abstract excerpt
Whether acute recurrent pancreatitis is a chronic disease is still debated and a consensus is not still reached as demonstrated by differences in the classification of acute recurrent pancreatitis. There is major evidence for considering alcoholic pancreatitis as a chronic disease ab initio while chronic pancreatitis lesions detectable in biliary acute recurrent pancreatitis (ARP) seem a casual association....
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