What factors play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of alcohol-related chronic pancreatitis and liver cirrhosis?

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 915-917

  Horie, Yoshinori ^a   Ishii, Hiromasa ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; ALLELE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTRON; JAPAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALABSORPTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PANCREAS CANCER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PANCREATITIS, ALCOHOLIC;

EID: 6944223966     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-004-1420-z     Document Type: Editorial

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