[Chronic pancreatitis: beyond alcohol].

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For many years, the classification of chronic pancreatitis has been oversimplified according to whether the cause is alcoholic (60-70% of cases according to published series) or non-alcoholic (20-40% of the remaining cases). Recognition of smoking as an important risk factor and increasing identification of factors of genetic susceptibility have placed these percentages in doubt and have led to a...

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