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Pathways to injury in chronic pancreatitis: decoding the role of the high-risk SPINK1 N34S haplotype using meta-analysis.
PloS one - 16 Apr 2008
Aoun Elie, Chang Chung-Chou H, Greer Julia B, Papachristou Georgios I, Barmada M Michael, Whitcomb David C
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BACKGROUND: The complex interactions between recurrent trypsin-mediated pancreatic injury, alcohol-associated pancreatic injury and SPINK1 polymorphisms in chronic pancreatitis (CP) are undefined. We hypothesize that CP occurs as a result of multiple pathological mechanisms (pathways) that are initiated by different metabolic or environmental factors (etiologies) and may be influenced differentially by downstream...
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