Chronic Pancreatitis From Basic Research to Clinical Treatment
This book is a concise guide to the clinical diagnosis and management of chronic pancreatitis, presenting the latest research into the disease. It focuses on pathogenesis, epidemiology, genetics, diagnosis, endoscopic and surgical treatment, and prognosis
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Chronic Pancreatitis
From Basic Research to Clinical Treatment
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Chronic Pancreatitis
Zhao-Shen Li • Zhuan Liao Jian-Min Chen • Claude Férec Editors
Chronic Pancreatitis From Basic Research to Clinical Treatment
Editors Zhao-Shen Li Department of Gastroenterology Changhai Hospital Shanghai, China
Zhuan Liao Changhai Hospital Department of Gastroenterology Shanghai, China
Jian-Min Chen INSERM Brest, France
Claude Férec INSERM UMR 1078 Brest, France
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Preface
Chronic pancreatitis is an irreversible complex disorder of the pancreas characterized by chronic progressive pancreatic inflammation and fibrosis, resulting in the failure of exocrine and endocrine function. Since 1788, when Thomas Cawley first reported a patient with alcoholic chronic pancreatitis whose pancreas was widely calcified, a huge number of studies have been carried out on pancreatitis providing us with a much deeper understanding of the pathogenesis of this debilitating condition. Chronic Pancreatitis is a concise guide to the clinical diagnosis and management of chronic pancreatitis. It will focus on various key aspects of the condition, such as the etiology, pathogenesis, epidemiology, molecular genetics,
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