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Preferred term

Pancreatitis, Alcoholic  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Acute or chronic INFLAMMATION of the PANCREAS due to excessive ALCOHOL DRINKING. Alcoholic pancreatitis usually presents as an acute episode but it is a chronic progressive disease in alcoholics.

Synonym(s)

  • Alcoholic Pancreatitis

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-K8V9LQ29-5

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