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Disease pancreatitis
Comorbidity C0149521|chronic pancreatitis
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PubMedID- 21876721 It has become accepted that repeated attacks of acute pancreatitis may lead to chronic pancreatitis [1] and that chronic pancreatitis carries a markedly increased risk for development of pancreatic cancer [2], which is the fifth most common cause of death through cancer, with only about 3–4% of patients surviving beyond 5 years [3].
PubMedID- 22536256 High serum igg4 concentrations have been observed in 90% of patients with autoimmune pancreatitis, but rarely in patients with pancreatic cancer, chronic pancreatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and sjögren's syndrome, suggesting that igg4 is a sensitive and specific marker of autoimmune pancreatitis and may be diagnostic for this disease [5].
PubMedID- 25035110 Accumulated damage incurred during repeated bouts of acute pancreatitis (ap) can lead to chronic pancreatitis (cp).

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