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Review
. 1989:40:453-68.
doi: 10.1146/annurev.me.40.020189.002321.

Pathogenesis and epidemiology of chronic pancreatitis

H Sarles  1 , J P Bernard, C Johnson
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Review

Pathogenesis and epidemiology of chronic pancreatitis

H Sarles et al. Annu Rev Med. 1989.

Abstract

Acute pancreatitis is not the cause but may be a complication of chronic pancreatitis. Different forms of chronic pancreatitis are described. The most frequent type in all climates, chronic calcifying pancreatitis, has different causes but similar pathological changes. It is a lithiasis in which a new family of molecules. PSP, a calcium stabilizer, plays a dominant role. Studies of chronic pancreatitis have now reached the stage of molecular biochemistry.

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