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CHRONIC PANCREATITIS IN A PATIENT WITH THE p.Asn34Ser HOMOZYGOUS SPINK1 MUTATION--OWN EXPERIENCE.
Developmental period medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Rygiel Agnieszka Magdalena, Wojnicka-Stolarz Małgorzata, Niepokój Katarzyna, Oracz Grzegorz, Bal Jerzy, Wertheim-Tysarowska Katarzyna, Gutkowski Krzysztof
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Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is characterized by progressive damage to the exocrine and endocrine cell structures and pancreatic ducts with subsequent fibrosis of the organ. Patients with no apparent etiological factor are classified as having idiopathic CP (ICP). Genetic studies indicate the importance of mutations in the serine protease inhibitor, Kazal type 1 gene (SPINK1) in the pathogenesis of CP This report...
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