Pancreas: Alcoholic pancreatitis - It's the alcohol, stupid

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 321-322

  Apte, Minoti V ^a   Pirola, Romano C ^a   Wilson, Jeremy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; ENDOTOXIN; INSULIN; PANCREAS ENZYME; TRYPSINOGEN;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENZYME REPLACEMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAIN; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STELLATE CELL;

HUMANS; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 67249126029     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2009.84     Document Type: Article

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