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CP:

Chronic pancreatitis

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan

    Kazuhiro Kikuta & Atsushi Masamune

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Kikuta, K., Masamune, A. Reply to “Study of Early Chronic Pancreatitis Needs to be Improved”. J Gastroenterol 55, 129–130 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-019-01631-4

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