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Reduced CFTR function and the pathobiology of idiopathic pancreatitis.
Journal of clinical gastroenterology - 1 Apr 2005
Cohn Jonathan A
Abstract excerpt
Idiopathic chronic pancreatitis (ICP) is the leading cause of chronic pancreatitis in children and nonalcoholic adults. The risk of developing ICP is increased in individuals who have mutations of the cystic fibrosis gene (CFTR) and of a trypsin inhibitor gene (PSTI). In studies from the United States and France, the risk of ICP is increased about 40-fold by having two abnormal copies of the CFTR gene, about...
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