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Acute Pancreatitis-Progress and Challenges: A Report on an International Symposium
Elham Afghani1, Stephen J Pandol, Tooru Shimosegawa
1From the *Division of Gastroenterology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; †Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan; ‡National Institute for Health Research Liverpool Pancreas Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom; §Division of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; ||Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ¶Section of Digestive Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT; #Department of Surgery, University of Auckland, New Zealand; **Division of Gastroenterology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ††Department of Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany; ‡‡Division of Gastroenterology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan; and §§Division of Gastroenterology, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA.
This symposium highlighted current acute pancreatitis management issues and promising treatments. It aimed to foster international collaboration for developing new therapies and improving disease activity measures.
Area of Science:
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Pancreatology
Background:
- An international symposium on acute pancreatitis was held in Hawaii.
- The event was part of the American Pancreatic Association and Japanese Pancreas Society's 45th Anniversary Meeting.
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