Pathogenesis and epidemiology of chronic pancreatitis.
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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Service de Gastroenterologie, Hôpital Sainte Marguerite, Marseille, France.
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Johnson
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D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*