Article
Chronic pancreatitis and cystic fibrosis.
Gut - 1 May 2003
Witt H
Abstract excerpt
Recent discoveries of trypsinogen and trypsin inhibitor mutations in patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) support the hypothesis that an inappropriate activation of pancreatic zymogens to active enzymes within the pancreatic parenchyma starts the inflammatory process. Current data suggest that CP may be inherited dominant, recessive, or complex as a result of mutations in the above mentioned or yet...
Topics
- Chronic Disease
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Male
- Models, Genetic
- Mutation
- Pancreatitis
- Pancreatitis, Alcoholic
- Vas Deferens
