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No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus · active 2008-2024
2024
BMJ open ·doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081505

IntroductionTreatment for abdominal pain in patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) remains challenging in the setting of central nervous system sensitisation, a phenomenon of remodelling and neuronal hyperexcitability resulting from persis…

2017
Digestive diseases and sciences ·doi:10.1007/s10620-017-4621-z

Background/objectivesOur aim was to validate recent epidemiologic trends and describe the distribution of TIGAR-O risk factors in chronic pancreatitis (CP) patients.MethodsThe NAPS-2 Continuation and Validation (NAPS2-CV) study prospectivel…

2012
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association ·doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2011.12.040

Background & aimsEndoscopic therapy (ET) frequently is used to treat patients with painful chronic pancreatitis (CP), but little is known about outcomes of patients for whom ET was not successful who then underwent surgery, or outcomes afte…

2012
Journal of transplantation ·doi:10.1155/2012/642787

Chronic pancreatitis is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas that causes permanent changes in the function and structure of the pancreas. It is most commonly a complication of cystic fibrosis or due to a genetic predisposition. Chronic p…

2008
World journal of gastroenterology ·doi:10.3748/wjg.14.4486

AimTo test the hypothesis that calcium sensing receptor (CASR) polymorphisms are associated with chronic pancreatitis (CP), and to determine whether serine protease inhibitor Kazal 1type (SPINK1) N34S or alcohol are necessary co-factors in …

2008
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine ·doi:10.5858/2008-132-48-sigfli

ContextAutoimmune pancreatitis is an uncommon, inflammatory disease of the pancreas that presents with clinical features, such as painless jaundice and a pancreatic mass, similar to those caused by pancreatic cancer. Patients with autoimmun…