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Article: The effect of small amounts of alcohol on the clinical course of chronic pancreatitis
- Article from:
- Mayo Clinic Proceedings
- Article date:
- March 1, 2001
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* Objective: To investigate the hypothesis that an increasing intake of alcohol accelerates the course of chronic pancreatitis.
* Patients and Methods: In this retrospective record analysis and subsequent prospective follow-up of 372 patients with chronic pancreatitis, we separately compared the clinical course of chronic pancreatitis among the following patients: those with early-onset idiopathic chronic pancreatitis and no alcohol intake (group A [n=25]) and those with late-onset idiopathic chronic pancreatitis and no alcohol intake (group B [n=41]), low alcohol intake (<50 g/d) (group C [n=57]), and high alcohol intake (50 gid) (group D [n=249]). From medical records, physical ...