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Identification of patients with genetic risk factors of pancreatitis: impact on treatment and cancer prevention.
Digestive diseases (Basel, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2003
Keim Volker
Abstract excerpt
Recent data suggest that genetic alterations are relevant risk factors for chronic pancreatitis. The highest risk is associated with autosomal-dominant mutations (N29I, R122H) of the cationic trypsinogen (PRSS1). Further mutations were identified in the genes of the pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (SPINK1) and in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). A remarkable finding was that both...
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