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Hereditary pancreatitis in North America: the Pittsburgh-Midwest Multi-Center Pancreatic Study Group Study.
Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.] - 1 Jan 2001
Applebaum-Shapiro S E, Finch R, Pfützer R H, Hepp L A, Gates L, Amann S, Martin S, Ulrich C D, Whitcomb D C
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BACKGROUND: Hereditary pancreatitis (HP) was defined on a clinical basis alone until the first cationic trypsinogen gene (PRSS1) mutation was discovered through the initial phase of the current Pittsburgh Midwest Multi-Center Pancreatic Study Group (MMPSG) HP study in 1996, making genetic testing available. AIM: To evaluate the regional distribution of HP in the United States, and to compare the study's gene...
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