The utilization of recent advances in molecular and genomic technologies and progress in
pancreatic imaging techniques provided remarkable insight into genetic, environmental …

Researchers this past year have further characterized genetic, molecular and clinical
aspects of chronic pancreatitis. Advancing the understanding of fibrogenesis, mechanisms …

Background A definition of chronic pancreatitis (CP) is needed for diagnosis and
distinguishing CP from other disorders. Previous definitions focused on morphology …

Chronic pancreatitis is characterized by progressive, irreversible morphologic and functional
changes that are most commonly attributed to environmental insults, particularly when there …

Pancreatic diseases have a strong genetic component. Rather than a classic Mendelian
disorder, recurrent acute and chronic pancreatitis represents truly complex diseases with the …

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas characterized by
progressive fibrotic destruction of the pancreatic secretory parenchyma. Despite the …

Recent advances in understanding of pancreatitis and advances in technology have
uncovered the veils of idiopathic pancreatitis to a point where a thorough history and …

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is characterized by progressive pancreatic damage that eventually
results in significant impairment of exocrine as well as endocrine functions of the gland. In …

Chronic pancreatitis remains a challenging and frustrating clinical problem. In the past few
years, however, advances in genetic and immunologic research have spawned new insights …

Chronic pancreatitis is defined as a pathological fibro-inflammatory syndrome of the
pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental and/or other risk factors who develop …