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 …

Since the discovery of the first trypsinogen mutation in families with hereditary pancreatitis,
pancreatic genetics has made rapid progress. The identification of mutations in genes …

Chronic pancreatitis describes a wide spectrum of fibro-inflammatory disorders of the
exocrine pancreas that includes calcifying, obstructive, and steroid-responsive forms. Use of …

The diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis remains challenging in early stages of the disease.
This report defines the diagnostic criteria useful in the assessment of patients with suspected …

Background The majority of drug-induced pancreatitis cases are mild to moderate in
severity, but severe and even fatal cases can occur. Management of drug-induced …

Emerging data in the past few years suggest that acute, recurrent acute (RAP), and chronic
pancreatitis (CP) represent a disease continuum. This review discusses the similarities and …

A combination of genetic, environmental, and metabolic factors contribute to the
development and recurrence of acute and chronic pancreatitis; information on all of these is …

BACKGROUND & AIMS:: Alcohol has been implicated in the development of chronic
pancreatitis (CP) in 60%–90% patients, although percentages in the United States are not …

Genetic investigations have provided unique insight into the mechanism of chronic
pancreatitis in humans and firmly established that uncontrolled trypsin activity is a central …

Chronic alcohol use has been linked to chronic pancreatitis for over a century, but it has not
been until the last decade that the role of alcohol in chronic pancreatitis has been elucidated …