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Multisite mutations of the PRSS1 gene in a Chinese patient with chronic pancreatitis.
Hepatobiliary & pancreatic diseases international : HBPD INT - 1 Jun 2008
Liu Qi-Cai, Gao Feng, Cheng Zu-Jian, Ou Qi-Shui
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BACKGROUND: Chronic pancreatitis shows alterations in the trypsinogen gene (protease serine 1, PRSS1) in some individuals. The conversion of trypsinogen to trypsin in the pancreas is believed to be one of the causes of pancreatitis. This study was to identify the mutation of the PRSS1 gene in a C...
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