The role of immunocytes in acute and chronic pancreatitis: when friends turn into enemies

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H G Beger et al. Gastroenterology. 2000 Mar.

. 2000 Mar;118(3):626-9.

doi: 10.1016/s0016-5085(00)70271-x.

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