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Chronic pancreatitis is a disease characterised by a dynamic course giving rise to fibrotic involution of the pancreatic parenchyma with a consequent progressive loss of both exocrine and endocrine function.
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Bassi, C., Falconi, M., Salvia, R., Casetti, L., Marcucci, S., Pederzoli, P. (2004). Pancreatic Decompression in Chronic Pancreatitis. In: Pancreatic Disease. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-85233-904-3_43
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