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A SPINK1 gene mutation in a Thai patient with fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 May 2006
Snabboon Thiti, Plengpanich Wanee, Sridama Vitaya, Sunthornyothin Sarat, Suwanwalaikorn Sompongse, Khovidhunkit Weerapan
Abstract excerpt
Fibrocalculous pancreatitis diabetes (FCPD), a late stage of tropical chronic pancreatitis (TCP), is classified as a secondary cause of diabetes mellitus resulting from pancreatic exocrine dysfunction. The distinctive features of FCPD and TCP are young age at onset, presence of large intraductal pancreatic calculi, and reported mainly in tropical developing countries. Their etiology is still obscure, but the...
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