Molecular Mechanisms of Pancreatic Stone Formation in Chronic Pancreatitis
Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a progressive inflammatory disease in which the pancreatic secretory parenchyma is destroyed and replaced by fibrosis. The presence of intraductal pancreatic stone(s) is important for the diagnosis of CP; however, the precise molecular mechanisms of pancreatic stone form...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3488765/ |