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The controversies on diagnosis and therapy of chronic pancreatitis (CP) are as marked today as 30 years ago despite many international meetings of classification [1], a marked improvement of diagnostic technics, and, the large and increasing amount of literature.
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Ammann, R.W. (1990). Natural History of Chronic (Progressive) Pancreatitis: A Life Experience. In: Beger, H.G., Büchler, M., Ditschuneit, H., Malfertheiner, P. (eds) Chronic Pancreatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75319-0_7
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