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Idiopathic chronic pancreatitis in India: phenotypic characterisation and strong genetic susceptibility due to SPINK1 and CFTR gene mutations.
Gut - 1 Jun 2010
Midha Shallu, Khajuria Rajni, Shastri Shivaram, Kabra Madhulika, Garg Pramod Kumar
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OBJECTIVE: To study the genetic predisposition, phenotype and prognosis of idiopathic chronic pancreatitis (CP). DESIGN: Prospective observational and case-control study. SETTING: Tertiary care academic centre. PATIENTS: Consecutive patients with CP. INTERVENTIONS: Detailed mutational analysis was done for the cationic trypsinogen, SPINK1 and CFTR genes with single-strand conformational polymorphism or restricted...
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