Objective To undertake a prospective nationwide study of the risk factors and clinical profile
of chronic pancreatitis. Setting Thirty-two major centers from different regions of India …

Background and Aims: A survey was conducted of chronic pancreatitis (CP) in different
countries in the Asia–Pacific region. The main objective of the survey was to generate a …

The epidemiology of chronic pancreatitis (CP) is incompletely understood. A number of
difficulties exist in estimating the prevalence and incidence of CP. Long-term follow-up is …

Although the three leading symptoms of chronic pancreatitis, pain, exocrine and endocrine
pancreatic insufficiency, are well known, only a few long-term studies have correlated these …

Background Updated population‐based estimates on incidence and prevalence of chronic
pancreatitis are scarce. Methods We used nationwide healthcare registries to identify all …

Current knowledge about chronic pancreatitis (CP) is limited and there is a particular dearth
of information about the entity known as tropical pancreatitis. A consensus working party …

Chronic Pancreatitis Page 1 1811 Some minor modifications of the original Marseilles
classification were proposed. The classification of pancreatitis should be reduced to include …

We have conducted a field study in India in the state of Kerala involving 28,567 inhabitants
to determine the prevalence and clinical features of chronic pancreatitis of the tropics (CPT) …

Objectives: A multicenter study was initiated by the Chinese Chronic Pancreatitis Study
Group to determine the nature and magnitude of chronic pancreatitis (CP) in China …

Background and objective: No nation-wide epidemiological study on the incidence and
prevalence of chronic pancreatitis (CP) had been thus far carried out in Spain. Our goal is to …