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[Hereditary pancreatitis].
Polski merkuriusz lekarski : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego - 1 Feb 2016
Dyrla Przemysław, Nowak Tomasz, Gil Jerzy, Adamiec Cezary, Bobula Mariusz, Saracyn Marek
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Hereditary pancreatitis (HP) is a rare, heterogeneous familial disease and should be suspected in any patient who has suffered at least two attacks of acute pancreatitis for which there is no underlying cause and unexplained chronic pancreatitis with a family history in a first- or second degree relative. with an early onset, mostly during childhood. Genetic factors have been implied in cases of familial chronic...
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