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Genetic polymorphisms in alcoholic pancreatitis.
Digestive diseases (Basel, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2005
Whitcomb David C
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BACKGROUND: Chronic, excessive alcohol consumption is clearly associated with acute and chronic pancreatitis. However, both clinical and laboratory studies demonstrate that alcohol consumption alone does not directly cause alcoholic chronic pancreatitis. Growing evidence suggests that environmental and possibly genetic cofactors must also be present to overcome the redundant mechanisms protecting the pancreas...
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