title: Pathogenesis and epidemiology of chronic pancreatitis.
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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Gastroenterologie, Hôpital Sainte Marguerite, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sarles
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: 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*