Abstract
Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is irregularly distributed around the world, and the pathogenic factors and incidence rates of CP vary greatly among different countries and regions. The main pathogenic factor for CP is alcohol in Western countries and biliary tract disease in China. Changes in the lifestyle also change the main pathogenic factors for CP. In recent years, alcohol has gradually replaced biliary tract disease to become the main etiological factor for CP in China. A deeper understanding of the etiology of CP provides new insights into the treatment of the disease.
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