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Pathogenesis and treatment of pancreatitis due to essential fatty acid deficiency

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Pathogenesis of pancreatitis was studied in experimental animals and essential fatty acid deficiency was condemned as an etiological factor, since it caused pathological changes in permeability of cell membrane of the pancreatic acinar cells.

Favorable effects of intravenous fat emulsion was clearly demonstrated in treatment for acute and chronic pancreatitis.

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  1. 2nd Department of Surgery, Kyoto University School of Medicine, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, 606, Kyoto, Japan

    Hiroshi Tanimura M.D., Masafumi Takenaka M.D., Motoichi Setoyama M.D., Masao Nagase M.D. & Yorinori Hikasa M.D.

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Tanimura, H., Takenaka, M., Setoyama, M. et al. Pathogenesis and treatment of pancreatitis due to essential fatty acid deficiency. Gastroenterol Jpn 12, 483–489 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02781342

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