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Mutations of the CFTR gene in idiopathic pancreatic hyperenzymemia.
Pancreas - 1 Nov 2005
Gullo Lucio, Mantovani Vilma, Manca Marco, Migliori Marina, Bastagli Luciana, Pezzilli Raffaele
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OBJECTIVES: Idiopathic pancreatic hyperenzymemia is a new syndrome that is characterized by a chronic increase of serum pancreatic enzymes in the absence of pancreatic disease. The aim of this study was to assess whether mutations of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene may have a role in the etiology of this hyperenzymemia. METHODS: Seventy subjects with idiopathic pancreatic...
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