Pancreatic Disease

Section 1: Acute Pancreatitis.- 1 Intracellular Calcium in the Pathogenesis of Acute Pancreatitis.- 2 Monocytes and Mediators in Acute Pancreatitis.- 3 Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Severe Acute Necrotising Pancreatitis.- 4 Prediction of Severity in Acute Pancreatitis.- 5 Prophylactic Antibiotics and Selective Digestive Decontamination in Severe Acute Pancreatitis.- 6 Platelet-Activating Factor and Results of PAF Antagonist Therapy.- 7 Incidence, Mortality Rate and Underdiagnosis f Acute Pancreatitis.- 8 The Role of Magnetic Resonance in Acute Pancreatitis.- 9 Surgical Treatment of Infected Pancreatic Necrosis.- 10 Surgical Treatment of Infected Necrosis.- 11 The Management Costs of the Most Severe Acute Pancreatitis.- 12 Enteral Nutrition in Acute Pancreatitis.- 13 The Burden of Acute Pancreatitis.- Section 2: Transplantation.- 14 Pancreas Transplantation.- 15 Islet Transplantation.- Section 3: Chronic Pancreatitis.- 16 Growth Factors and Cytokines in Chronic Pancreatitis.- 17 Endoscopic Therapy of Chronic Pancreatitis.- 18 Endoscopic Treatment in Chronic Pancreatitis.- 19 Enzyme Therapy in Chronic Pancreatitis.- 20 Surgery in Chronic Pancreatitis.- 21 Pain Relief in Chronic Pancreatitis.- 22 The Lithostathine/PAP Family.- Section 4: Endocrine?-Exocrine Interactions.- 23 Diabetes Mellitus and Exocrine Pancreatic Disease.- 24 The Role of Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (IAPP) in the Diabetes and Anorexia of Pancreatic Cancer.- 25 Endocrine Tumours of the Pancreas.- Section 5: Pancreatic Cancer.- Laboratory Studies.- 26 Molecular Basis of Pancreatic Cancer: Strategies for Genetic Diagnosis and Therapy.- 27 Metalloproteinases and Stromal Biology in Cancer.- 28 Pancreatic Cancer: Growth Factors and Growth Factor Receptors.- 29 n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in the Treatmentof Pancreatic Cancer Cachexia.- 30 Anticancer Effects of Essential Fatty Acids.- Clinical Studies.- 31 Imaging in Pancreatic Cancer: Spiral Computed Tomography (CT), CT Arterial Portography (CTAP) and