Alcoholic pancreatitis: new pathogenetic insights.

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Though amply described, alcoholic pancreatitis continues to stir controversy. One of the most debated points is whether it is a chronic disease since onset or progresses to a chronic form after repeated episodes of acute pancreatitis. Histologic studies on patients with pancreatitis have clearly shown that it is chronic since onset and that if necrotic acute pancreatitis develops in an alcoholic, it occurs in a...

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