Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 3 , Pages 757-760 , March 2009

Striving for Abstinence in Alcoholic Pancreatitis: Act of Humanity, Economic Necessity, or Flogging a Dead Horse After All?

  • Manfred V. Singer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine II (Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases), University Hospital of Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Manfred V. Singer, MD (Hon. Doc. mult.), Department of Medicine II (Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases), University Hospital of Mannheim, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, Germany; fax +49-621/383-3805
    • ,
  • Roland H. Pfützer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine II (Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases), University Hospital of Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
    • ,
  • Falk Kiefer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Addictive Behaviour and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

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doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.01.018

Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 3 , Pages 757-760 , March 2009

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