Treatment options for chronic pancreatitis

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 556-564

  Issa, Yama ^a   Bruno, Marco J ^a   Bakker, Olaf J ^c   Besselink, Marc G ^b   Schepers, Nicolien J ^b   Van Santvoort, Hjalmar C ^c   Gooszen, Hein G ^d   Boermeester, Marja A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CALCIUM SENSING RECEPTOR; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE A; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE A1; CHYMOTRYPSINOGEN; CLAUDIN 2; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; TRYPSINOGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ANALGESIA; CANCER RISK; CASR GENE; CELIAC PLEXUS; CFTR GENE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLDN2 GENE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CPA1 GENE; CTRC GENE; DIET THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ENZYME REPLACEMENT; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MICROBIOME; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PANCREAS CALCIFICATION; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS EXOCRINE INSUFFICIENCY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS STONE; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PANCREATICOJEJUNOSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRSS1 GENE; PRSS2 GENE; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; SPINK1 GENE; SPLANCHNICECTOMY; STENT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CELIAC PLEXUS; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; SPLANCHNIC NERVES; STENTS;

EID: 84906860146     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2014.74     Document Type: Review

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