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Pancreatitis in Children

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Pancreatic disease in children has a wide clinical spectrum and may present as Acute pancreatitis (AP), Acute recurrent pancreatitis (ARP), Chronic pancreatitis (CP) and Pancreatic disease without pancreatitis. This article highlights the etiopathogenesis and management of pancreatitis in children along with clinical data from five tertiary care hospitals in south India [Chennai (3), Cochin and Pune].

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MS, VB and GR: Collected data, reviewed the literature and drafted the manuscript; SS, AB, SB, ND and MG: Collected data, reviewed the literature and assisted in manuscript drafting. MS will act as guarantor for the paper.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Apollo & SMF Hospitals, Chennai, India

    Malathi Sathiyasekaran & S. Srinivas

  2. Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India

    Vishnu Biradar

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital & CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation, Chennai-34, India

    Ganesh Ramaswamy & B. Ashish

  4. Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, Egmore, Chennai, India

    B. Sumathi & D. Nirmala

  5. Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, Kerala, India

    M. Geetha

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Sathiyasekaran, M., Biradar, V., Ramaswamy, G. et al. Pancreatitis in Children. Indian J Pediatr 83, 1459–1472 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-016-2115-1

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