RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES,

Acute pancreatitis has been estimated to result in approximately 3000,000 hospital admissions and 3200 deaths each year and to affect 4.8 to 24.2 patients per 100,000.1 The statistics for chronic pancreatitis are less abundant and less clear. Estimates of its incidence based on hospital discharge data indicate that approximately 87,000 cases ... ................
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