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Tropical pancreatitis.

Digestive diseases (Basel, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2004

Tandon Rakesh K, Garg Pramod K

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Tropical pancreatitis is a special type of chronic pancreatitis that is seen mainly in tropical countries. The prevalence of tropical pancreatitis is about 126/100,000 population in southern India. It occurs usually in young people, involves the main pancreatic duct and results in large ductal calculi. The etiology is not known, but genetic mutations such as the SPINK1 gene mutation and environmental factors are...

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PMID: 15753608
DOI: 10.1159/000082797

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