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Juvenile fibrocalculous pancreatopathy--a patient report.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Jul 2006
Bashir Mir Iftikhar, Misgar Raiz Ahmad, Wani Arshad Iqbal, Gupta Vipen, Masoodi Shariq Rashid, Chandak Giriraj Ratan, Zargar Abdul Hamid
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Fibrocalculous pancreatopathy (FCPP) is a secondary form of diabetes mellitus (DM) with obscure etiology. Recently various gene mutations have been reported in patients with FCPP from the Indian subcontinent. Initially termed tropical pancreatic diabetes, FCPP is uncommon and is characterized by...
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