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Chronic pancreatitis.
Lancet (London, England) - 2 Apr 2011
Braganza Joan M, Lee Stephen H, McCloy Rory F, McMahon Michael J
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Chronic pancreatitis is a progressive fibroinflammatory disease that exists in large-duct (often with intraductal calculi) or small-duct form. In many patients this disease results from a complex mix of environmental (eg, alcohol, cigarettes, and occupational chemicals) and genetic factors (eg, mutation in a trypsin-controlling gene or the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator); a few patients have...
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