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Genetics of pancreatitis with a focus on the pancreatic ducts.
Minerva gastroenterologica e dietologica - 1 Dec 2012
Larusch J, Whitcomb D C
Abstract excerpt
Genetic risk for acute pancreatitis (AP), recurrent acute pancreatitis (RAP) and chronic pancreatitis (CP) are increasingly recognized. The exocrine pancreas is composed of both acinar cells and duct cells, with genetic factors associated with AP, RAP and CP linked to one cell type or the other. Increased susceptibility to pancreatitis occurs when the normal physiological mechanisms that allow the pancreas to...
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