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BACKGROUND
Necrotising pancreatitis may develop as a consequence of pancreatic duct obstruction by stones, tumors or in the presence of a pancreas divisum. Alcohol and nicotine are regarded as risk factors for the disease becoming chronic.
UNASSIGNED
A 63-year-old female patient with suspected
OBJECTIVE
Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) mutations are responsible for cystic fibrosis (CF) and have been postulated as a predisposing risk factor to chronic pancreatitis (CP), but controversial results demand additional support. We have therefore investigated the role of
OBJECTIVE
The present study was conducted to ascertain whether cigarette smoke induces oxidative stress in the human pancreas concurrently with inflammation.
METHODS
The influence of tobacco smoking on the serum level of interleukin-6 (IL-6), on the activities of glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and
Hereditary pancreatitis shares a majority of clinical and morphologic features with chronic alcoholic pancreatitis, but may present at an earlier age. The term hereditary pancreatitis has primarily been associated with mutations in the serine protease 1 gene (PRSS1) which encodes for cationic