Pancreatitis in Children.
Pancreatic disease in children has a wide clinical spectrum and may present as Acute pancreatitis (AP), Acute recurrent pancreatitis (ARP), Chronic pancreatitis (CP) and Pancreatic disease without pancreatitis. This article highlights the etiopathogenesis and management of pancreatitis in children along with clinical data from five tertiary care hospitals in south India [Chennai (3), Cochin and Pune].
Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Apollo & SMF Hospitals, Chennai, India.
Malathi
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Sathiyasekaran
Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
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V
Biradar
Department of Pediatrics, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital & CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation, Chennai-34, India. ganeped79@rediffmail.com.
Ganesh
G
Ramaswamy
Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Apollo & SMF Hospitals, Chennai, India.
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Srinivas
Department of Pediatrics, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital & CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation, Chennai-34, India.
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Ashish
Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, Egmore, Chennai, India.
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Sumathi
Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, Egmore, Chennai, India.
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Nirmala
Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, Kerala, India.
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Geetha
D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012008:Recurrence
Acute; Children; Chronic; Pancreatitis; Recurrent