2006;3(7):356-357. The cause of acute pancreatitis is easily identifiable in 70–90% of patients. In patients with idiopathic acute pancreatitis (IAP), however, an identifiable cause is not ...

The causes were tropical pancreatitis (13, 46.4%), alcohol abuse (10, 35.7%), idiopathic acute pancreatitis (4, 14.3%) and resective surgery for gastric cancer (1, 3.6%). Ascites alone was seen in ...

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smi.auc.dk Pain mechanisms in patients with chronic pancreatitis are incompletely understood and probably multifactorial. Recently, evidence from experimental human pain research has indicated that in ...

This highlights the continued challenge in effectively addressing complications of acute pancreatitis. Researchers worldwide are actively exploring alternative therapeutic approaches to mitigate these ...

Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH) is a syndrome that is characterized by gait impairment, cognitive decline and urinary incontinence, and is associated with ventriculomegaly in the ...

These guidelines on the management of acute pancreatitis were commissioned by the British Society of Gastroenterology. They have been endorsed by the Clinical Services Committee of the British Society ...

A considerable and unanticipated plasticity of the human genome, manifested as inter-individual copy number variation, has been discovered. These structural changes constitute a major source of ...

Pancreatitis is a condition in which the pancreas (a gland that lies behind the stomach and next to the small intestine) becomes inflamed. Chronic pancreatitis (CP) occurs when there is lifelong, ...

Some cases of polyneuropathy have no known cause. These are known as idiopathic neuropathy. Polyneuropathy can produce a variety of symptoms, depending on which nerves are affected. Symptoms ...