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Alcoholic pancreatitis—it's the alcohol, stupid

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology volume 6, pages 321–322 (2009)Cite this article

The management of alcoholic pancreatitis is mostly reactive; little is done to prevent disease progression. It is time for physicians to pay attention to the root cause of the condition—that is, alcohol—rather than just responding to its effects. This article discusses an important paper that describes the first prospective, randomized, controlled, clinical trial to investigate the effect of brief interventions for alcohol abuse on the progression of alcoholic pancreatitis.

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  1. Pancreatic Research Group, South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Liverpool, Australia

    Minoti V. Apte, Romano C. Pirola & Jeremy S. Wilson

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Apte, M., Pirola, R. & Wilson, J. Alcoholic pancreatitis—it's the alcohol, stupid. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 6, 321–322 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2009.84

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