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Genetic testing in acute and chronic pancreatitis.
Current gastroenterology reports - 1 Apr 2001
Rolston R K, Kant J A
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary pancreatitis (HP) is clinically indistinguishable from pancreatitis with other causes. Patients with HP have an increased chance of developing pancreatitis. Mutations in the cationic trypsinogen gene appear to cause most HP, although there is evidence for mild genetic heterogeneity with defects in other genes. Trypsin stabilization and protection from autolysis appear to play a central role in the...
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