Alcohol-related pancreatic damage: mechanisms and treatment.
Year: 1997
Type: article
Abstract: Pancreatitis is a potentially fatal inflammation of the pancreas often associated with long-term alcohol consumption. Symptoms may result from blockage of small pancreatic ducts as well as from destruction of pancreatic tissue by digestive enzymes. In addition, by-products of alcohol metabolism within the pancreas may damage cell membranes. Research on the causes of pancreatitis may support more effective disease management and provide hope for a potential cure.
Source: PubMed Central
Authors: M V Apte, J S Wilson, M A Korsten
Institution: Prince of Wales Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W166611288