Risk factors of chronic pancreatitis

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 282-284

  Uomo, Generoso ^a   Manes, Gianpiero ^b  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcoholic pancreatitis; Autoimmunity; Chronic pancreatitis, risk factors; Genetic factors; Pancreatic fibrosis; Pancreatic stellate cells; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER FAILURE; MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CALCIFICATION; PANCREAS INJURY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; REVIEW;

HUMANS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 35448976071     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103903     Document Type: Conference Paper

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