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This book is a concise guide to the clinical diagnosis and management of chronic pancreatitis, presenting the latest research into the disease. It focuses on pathogenesis, epidemiology, genetics, diagnosis, endoscopic and surgical treatment, and prognosis. It also offers comprehensive descriptions of 4 diagnostic methods and discusses the contemporary management of chronic pancreatitis, including conservative, ESWL, interventional and surgical treatments. The final chapter includes 6 typical case presentations, which taken together provide a standard description of this condition.

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Prof. Zhao-Shen Li and Associate Prof. Zhuan Liao are clinicians in Changhai Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China. Editor Jian-Min Chen is the Director of Research and Claude Férec is Professor of Genetics  at the INSERM, Brest, France. Editor Zhao-Shen Li is also the Director of Chinese Society of Digestive Endoscopy.

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