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Chronic pancreatitis: review and update of etiology, risk factors, and management
2018-05-17
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Chronic pancreatitis is a syndrome involving inflammation, fibrosis, and loss of acinar and islet cells which can manifest in unrelenting abdominal pain, malnutrition, and exocrine and endocrine insufficiency. The Toxic-Metabolic, Idiopathic, Genetic, Autoimmune, Recurrent and Severe Acute Pancreatitis, Obstructive (TIGAR-O) classification system categorizes known causes and factors that contribute to chronic panc...
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- ed7abb22-a6e7-58df-b636-1b7af2ed56e9
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- 10.12688/f1000research.12852.1