Lipid intolerance does not account for susceptibility to alcoholic and gallstone pancreatitis.

doi:10.1016/0016-5085(94)90710-2

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Lipid intolerance does not account for susceptibility to alcoholic and gallstone pancreatitis.

Gastroenterology - 1 Mar 1994

Haber P S, Wilson J S, Apte M V, Hall W, Goumas K, Pirola R C

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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Hypertriglyceridemia is an established cause of pancreatitis and has been suggested as a predisposing factor in alcohol and gallstone-induced pancreatitis. The aims of this study were to determine fasting and postprandial triglyceride levels of alcoholics with pancreatitis, alcoh...

Topics

Alcoholism
Apolipoproteins E
Cholelithiasis
Disease Susceptibility
Ethanol
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Lipids
Male
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Pancreatitis
Phenotype
Triglycerides

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