Chronic pancreatitis. A prospective nationwide study of 1,086 subjects from India.

2008159 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Vallath Balakrishnan · Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre

AG Unnikrishnan · Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Varghese Thomas · University of Calicut

Gourdas Choudhuri · Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences

Peda Veeraraju

Shivram Prasad Singh · Sriram Chandra Bhanja Medical College Hospital

Pramod Kumar Garg · All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Abstract

In this first nationwide prospective survey of chronic pancreatitis in India, idiopathic pancreatitis was the most common form, followed by alcoholic pancreatitis. The classical form of tropical chronic pancreatitis is becoming less common.

Topics & Keywords

Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PubMed

Volume 9, Issue 5, pp. 593-600

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