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Chronic pancreatitis: Do serum biomarkers provide an association with an inflammageing phenotype?
Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.] - 1 Jan 2000
Rasch Sebastian, Valantiene Irena, Mickevicius Artautas, Beer Sebastian, Rosendahl Jonas, Charnley Richard M, Robinson Stuart M
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BACKGROUND: Chronic pancreatitis is an inflammatory disorder of the pancreas that is associated with accelerated mortality for patients suffering from this disease. The association between chronic inflammation and accelerated biological ageing has been well described and is often referred to as "inflammageing". In this review we seek to determine how systemic inflammation in chronic pancreatitis may contribute to...
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