The purpose of this overview is to increase the awareness of clinicians regarding pancreatitis and its genetic causes and management. The following are the goals of this overview.
Goal 1: Define pancreatitis.
Goal 2: Review the risk factors and etiologies of recurrent acute pancreatitis / chronic pancreatitis.
Goal 3: Provide an evaluation strategy to identify the genetic cause of pancreatitis in a proband (when possible).
Goal 4: Review management of pancreatitis.
Goal 5: Inform genetic risk assessment and surveillance of at-risk relatives for detection of early treatable manifestations of hereditary pancreatitis.
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