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Clinical and radiological outcome of patients suffering from chronic pancreatitis associated with gene mutations.
Pancreas - 1 Nov 2008
Frulloni Luca, Scattolini Chiara, Graziani Rossella, Cavestro Giulia Martina, Pravadelli Cecilia, Amodio Antonio, Manfredi Riccardo, Scarpa Aldo, Vantini Italo
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), cationic trypsinogen gene (PRSS1), and serine protease inhibitor kazal type 1 (SPINK1) gene mutations have been associated with chronic pancreatitis (CP). The aim of this study was to compare clinical and radiological findings in sporadic CP with (CPgm) and without (CPwt) gene mutations. METHODS: Data from patients observed between 2001 and...
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