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2022 Aug 22


J Gastroenterol

Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for chronic pancreatitis 2021.

Authors

Shimizu K, Ito T, Irisawa A, Ohtsuka T, Ohara H, Kanno A, Kida M, Sakagami J, Sata N, Takeyama Y, Tahara J, Hirota M, Fujimori N, Masamune A, Mochida S, Enomoto N, Shimosegawa T, Koike K
J Gastroenterol. 2022 Aug 22.
PMID: 35994093.

Abstract

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is defined according to the recently proposed mechanistic definition as a pathological fibro-inflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other risk factors who develop persistent pathological responses to parenchymal injury or stress.