Alcohol-associated pancreatitis.
Only a small proportion of heavy drinking individuals develop pancreatitis. The environmental and host cofactors shown to have an association with alcoholic pancreatitis are smoking and race. The known genetic variations and polymorphisms do not seem to play an important role in alcoholic pancreatitis. Newer developments in the understanding of complex disorders allow clinicians to understand better the role of cofactors and interactions between known and yet unknown environmental and genetic factors in causing alcoholic pancreatitis.
Yadav
Dhiraj
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Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. yadavd@dom.pitt.edu
Papachristou
Georgios I
GI
Whitcomb
David C
DC
D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects; D000818:Animals; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D019512:Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors