Acute recurrent pancreatitis: an autoimmune disease?

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Published in World J Gastroenterol on February 21, 2008

Authors

Raffaele Pezzilli1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Via Massarenti, 9, Bologna 40138, Italy. raffaele.pezzilli@aosp.bo.it

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