title: Some aspects of the etiology and the pathogenesis of chronic pancreatitis.
abstract: The development of modern technology and advances in medical science make possible understanding of etiology of chronic pancreatitis. From a century ago, the ethanol is connected to chronic pancreatitis. In the last decades medical science made a big footstep in understanding of so called "idiopathic pancreatitis". Factors as autoimmune disturbances, toxins, gene mutations, geographic characteristics are already known as cornerstones in etiology and pathogenesis of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Tokuda Hospital, Sofia.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Marinov
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gaidarski
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Draganov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator / Q000235:genetics; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D010179:Pancreas / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D050500:Pancreatitis, Chronic / Q000151:congenital / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator; D000431:Ethanol