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Article: Research from S.K. Bhadada and co-authors provides new data about addiction medicine.
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- Diabetes Week
- Article date:
- July 28, 2008
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According to a study from Chandigarh, India, "Primary hyperparathyroidism is a rare cause of chronic pancreatitis and there is a paucity of data on this interesting association. There is also no data comparing the clinical profile of chronic pancreatitis secondary to primary hyperparathyroidism with that of alcohol related and idiopathic chronic pancreatitis."
"The clinical and biochemical spectrum of chronic pancreatitis secondary to primary hyperparathyroidism was evaluated retrospectively and compared with nine age-matched patients with alcohol related and idiopathic chronic pancreatitis. Renal colic, nephrolithiasis, nephrocalcinosis, bone disease, palpable ...