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. 1963 Sep;4(3):193–216. doi: 10.1136/gut.4.3.193

A clinical study of chronic pancreatitis

Oliver Fitzgerald, Patrick Fitzgerald, James Fennelly, Joseph P McMullin, Sylvester J Boland
PMCID: PMC1413444  PMID: 14058261

Abstract

A series of 53 cases of chronic pancreatic disease is described and attention drawn to the frequency with which symptoms are persistent rather than intermittent. A plea is made for the use of the term `progressive' rather than `relapsing' in describing many of these cases. Alcohol was an unimportant factor in the aetiology. The possibility of achieving an accurate and early diagnosis using the serum secretin/pancreozymin test is emphasized. The frequent relief of symptoms and the prevention of progress of the disease by surgery, especially sphincterotomy, is recorded.

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