Introductory Remarks --;Revised Marseille Classification of Pancreatitis --;Clinical Symptoms and Signs in Pancreatic Diseases --;A. Acute Pancreatitis --;Pathomorphology of Acute Pancreatitis in Relation to Its Clinical Course and Pathogenesis --;I. Imaging Procedures --;Ultrasound in Acute Pancreatitis --;Controversies and Limitations of Ultrasonography in Acute Pancreatitis --;Computed Tomography in Acute Pancreatitis --;Grading of Acute Pancreatitis by Computed Tomography Morphology --;Preoperative Endoscopic Retrograde Pancreatography in Acute Pancreatitis --;How do Imaging Methods Influence the Surgical Strategy in Acute Pancreatitis? --;II. Functional Methods --;Entry of Pancreatic Enzymes into the Circulation --;Role of Pancreatic Enzymes in Acute Pancreatitis --;Methodological Progress in Pancreatic Enzyme Determination --;Immunochemical Methods of Pancreatic Enzyme Determination --;Value of Pancreatic Serum Enzyme Determination for Diagnosis of Acute Pancreatitis --;Is There a Most Useful Parameter for the Diagnosis of Acute Pancreatitis? --;Serum and Urinary Pancreatic Enzymes in Differential Diagnosis of Acute Pancreatitis --;III. Prognostic Evaluation --;Which Factors are of Value in the Prognosis of Acute Pancreatitis? --;Antiproteases and Nonspecific Inflammatory Parameters in the Monitoring of Acute Pancreatitis --;Correlation of Imaging Procedures, Biochemical Parameters, and Clinical Stage in Acute Pancreatitis --;Outcome of Necrotizing Pancreatitis in Relation to Morphological Parameters --;B. Chronic Pancreatitis --;Pathomorphology of Chronic Pancreatitis --;I. Imaging Procedures --;Ultrasound in Chronic Pancreatitis --;Critical Evaluation and Controversial Points of Ultrasound Findings in Chronic Pancreatitis --;Computed Tomography in Chronic Pancreatitis --;Critical Evaluation and Controversial Points of Computed Tomography Findings in Chronic Pancreatitis --;Endoscopic Retrograde Pancreatography Findings and Their Grading in Chronic Pancreatitis --;Limitations in the Interpretation of Endoscopic Retrograde Pancreatography Findings in Chronic Pancreatitis --;Ultrasound, Computed Tomography and Endoscopic Retrograde Pancreatography in the Diagnosis of Chronic Pancreatitis: A Comparative Evaluation --;II. Function Tests --;Regulation of Enzyme, Electrolyte, and Fluid Secretion in the Exocrine Pancreas --;Pancreatic Function Test by Means of Duodenal Intubation --;Biochemical Markers of Chronic Pancreatitis --;Indirect Pancreatic Function Test with NBT-PABA --;The Indirect Pancreatic Function Test 'Pancreolauryl' in Chronic Pancreatitis --;Fecal Chymotrypsin in Chronic Pancreatitis Disease --;Fat Digestion Tests: Stool Analysis and Radiolabelled Tests --;Serum Enzymes in Diagnosis of Chronic Pancreatitis --;Endocrine Parameters in the Diagnosis of Chronic Pancreatitis --;Combined Functional and Morphological Diagnostic Approach in Chronic Pancreatitis --;Correlation of Morphological Lesions, Functional Changes, and Clinical Stages in Chronic Pancreatitis --;C. Pancreatic Cancer --;Pathomorphology of Pancreatic Cancer --;Parenchymal Imaging in Pancreatic Cancer --;Ductal Imaging in Pancreatic Cancer --;Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Tumors --;Cytological Diagnosis of Pancreatic Tumors --;New Antigens and Monoclonal Antibodies for Serological Diagnosis, Follow-up, and Scintigraphic Localization in Pancreatic Cancer --;Monoclonal Antibodies in Pancreatic Cancer: New Developments.
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The development and improvement of new technologies have made pancreatic disease more accessible to diagnosis in the last decade.