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Alcoholism
Recent findings in alcoholism described by researchers from Jichi Medical University, Department of Surgery
April 10th, 2007
Fresh data on alcoholism are presented in the report "Alcoholic pancreatopathy: a proposed new diagnostic category representing the preclinical stage of alcoholic pancreatic injury. Alcoholic chronic pancreatitis (CP) is not usually diagnosed until the end stage of the disease, and hence enormous medical and social resources are consumed in the treatment of established alcoholic CP. With the aim of early diagnosis and prevention of alcoholic CP, we here propose "alcoholic pancreatopathy" as a new category of pancreatic disorder induced by alcohol intake," scientists writing in the Journal of Gastroenterology report. "In addition to a history of excessive alcohol...
Source: Drug Law Weekly (2007-04-10)
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