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Article: Studies conducted at Harvard University on autoimmune pancreatitis recently published.
- Article from:
- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- October 15, 2008
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"Purpose of review As in previous reviews in this journal, this review is focused on the most important new observations in chronic pancreatitis made in the last year. Recent findings Important observations included the search for biomarkers and alternative methods for the detection of early chronic pancreatitis; stellate cell activation and their role in fibrogenesis; the natural history of chronic pancreatitis; reports outlining the complexity in diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis; emerging roles of endoscopic ultrasound and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in chronic pancreatitis diagnosis; a understanding of neurobiology of chronic pancreatitis pain; and ...