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Idiopathic pancreatitis related to CFTR: complex inheritance and identification of a modifier gene.
Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research - 1 Sept 2002
Cohn Jonathan A, Noone Peadar G, Jowell Paul S
Abstract excerpt
Idiopathic chronic pancreatitis (ICP) is the leading cause of nonalcoholic chronic pancreatitis. This study examined a series of patients with ICP to determine the prevalence and role of mutations of the cystic fibrosis gene (CFTR) and of a trypsin inhibitor gene (PSTI). Genetic testing was done in 39 patients with ICP. In this series, 17 patients had CFTR mutations and 9 had PSTI mutations. Pancreatitis risk was...
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