Article
[Hereditary pancreatitis].
Ugeskrift for laeger - 27 Jan 2003
Jørgensen Maiken Thyregod, Schaffalitzky de Muckadell Ove B
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary pancreatitis (HP) is a disease which has been discovered quite recently. The inheritance is autosomally dominant with 80% penetrance. It gives the same symptoms as acute pancreatitis in early childhood and ends up with chronic pancreatitis. In 60% of the patients, a mutation in the trypsinogen gene can be demonstrated. The remaining 40% of the HP patients are diagnosed on the basis of clinical...
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