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The role of mitochondrial dysfunction in acute pancreatitis
2010-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Acute pancreatitis is a serious and often lethal inflammatory disease. Its causes are diverse and incompletely understood; however, gallstones and alcohol abuse are the principal triggers. Oxidative stress has been proposed as a determinant of acute pancreatitis (AP) severity, and has been the subject of recent clinical trials. The major AP precipitants, alcohol, alcohol metabolites and bile salts, were investigat...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 1334a8cb-6a02-57f3-b9bf-0407646d2355
- DOI
- 10.17638/00001488
