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Chronic pancreatitis is characterized by recurrent or persistent abdominal pain with destruction and permanent loss of exocrine pancreatic parenchyma. The irreversible morphological changes in the pancreas may lead to a progressive or permanent loss of exocrine and endocrine pancreatic function [1].
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Beglinger, C. (1997). Pathophysiological Events in Chronic Pancreatitis: The Current Concept. In: Malfertheiner, P., Domínguez-Muñoz, J.E., Schulz, HU., Lippert, H. (eds) Diagnostic Procedures in Pancreatic Disease. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60580-2_19
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