Open AccessChronic pancreatitis: a changing etiology or a gap in technological medicine
Author(s) -
Raffaele Pezzilli,
Lara Bellacosa,
B Barakat
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
emergency care journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2282-2054
pISSN - 1826-9826
DOI - 10.4081/ecj.2009.3.7
Subject(s) - pancreatitis , medicine , etiology , autoimmune pancreatitis , disease , hereditary pancreatitis , intensive care medicine , gastroenterology , trypsinogen , biochemistry , chemistry , trypsin , enzyme
Alcohol is considered the most important risk factor for the development of chronic pancreatitis. The possibility of evaluating CFTR mutations and the discovery of other gene mutations has led to a better evaluation of the familiar/hereditary forms of chronic pancreatitis and the identification of autoimmune pancreatitis has further improved our knowledge of the disease. However, recent studies on chronic pancreatitis on a worldwide level reveal an increase in the idiopathic forms of the disease. Clinicians must pay greater attention to identifying the factors associated with chronic pancreatitis