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The pancreatitis-associated protein in hereditary and chronic alcoholic pancreatitis.
Pancreas - 1 Oct 1999
Keim V, Hoffmeister A, Teich N, Halm U, Scheurlen M, Tannapfel A, Mössner J
Abstract excerpt
The pancreatitis-associated protein (PAP) was investigated in patients with hereditary and chronic alcoholic pancreatitis. Blood levels of pancreatic enzymes and PAP were measured in nine families with hereditary pancreatitis; in three of them, the mutation N21I, and in six, the R117H variant of the cationic trypsinogen were present. In all family members, similar to controls, only normal values of the PAP were...
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