[Genetically determined pancreatic diseases].

Abstract excerpt

Overall, genetically determined diseases of the pancreas are rare. Recently, it was demonstrated that in chronic pancreatitis many patients carry genetic changes in associated genes. Aside from chronic pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis is also characterized by exocrine insufficiency in many patients. Genetic alterations in CFTR can be found in patients suffering from chronic pancreatitis and in patients with cystic...

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