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Pancreatic Malfunction — When, How, Why?

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Topics in Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis

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This question can be interpreted in two ways — by asking “under what circumstances, or in association with what other disease processes, does pancreatic disease occur” and “what determines the precise period in time at which the pancreatic dysfunction occurs”.

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  1. Department of Therapeutics, University of Dundee, Dundee DDZ IUB, UK

    K. G. Wormsley

  2. Department of Therapeutics, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DDZ IUB, UK

    K. G. Wormsley

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  1. Istituto Clinica Medica dell’Università di Padova, Sede in Verona, Policlinico di Borgo Rome, I-37100, Verona, Italy

    L. A. Scuro

  2. Istituto Clinica Chirurgica dell’Università di Padova, Sede in Verona, Policlinico di Borgo Rome, I-37100, Verona, Italy

    A. Dagradi

  3. Istituto Clinica Chirurgica, Università di Padova, Sede in Verona, Policlinico B. Roma, I-37100, Verona, Italy

    G. P. Marzoli  & P. Pederzoli  & 

  4. Istituto Clinica Medica, Università di Padova, Sede in Verona, Policlinico B. Roma, I-37100, Verona, Italy

    G. Cavallini

  5. Primario Divisione Medicina Interna, Ospedale Zonale, I-Besenzano, Brescia, Italy

    C. Banterle

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Wormsley, K.G. (1981). Pancreatic Malfunction — When, How, Why?. In: Scuro, L.A., Dagradi, A., Marzoli, G.P., Pederzoli, P., Cavallini, G., Banterle, C. (eds) Topics in Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67879-0_4

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