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According to Webster’s, Dictionary the primary meanings of “same” are: (a) identical, alike in every respect; (b) alike in degree, kind, character or quality. Based on these definitions of “same” all patients with chronic pancreatitis do not have the same disease. Support for this statement are that the natural history of idiopathic chronic pancreatitis and alcoholic pancreatitis and the accuracy of diagnostic tests in the different forms of chronic pancreatitis are different. Accordingly, I will discuss the natural history and diagnosis of alcoholic, idiopathic, hereditary and nutritional chronic pancreatitis, the major types of chronic pancreatitis.
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DiMagno, E.P. (1994). State of Art. In: Pederzoli, P., Cavallini, G., Bassi, C., Falconi, M. (eds) Facing the Pancreatic Dilemma. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79167-3_14
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