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Pancreatic Insufficiency in Cystic Fibrosis: Influence of Inflammatory Response Genes.
Pancreas - 1 Jan 2018
Marson Fernando Augusto Lima, Bertuzzo Carmen Sílvia, de Araujo Tânia Kawasaki, Hortencio Taís Daiene Russo, Ribeiro Antônio Fernando, Ribeiro José Dirceu
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OBJECTIVE: Pancreatic insufficiency (PI) in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients is a crucial clinical marker for severity and disease progression. In our study, 125 modifier genes and their SNPs were associated between CF patients with PI or pancreatic sufficiency. METHODS: We prospectively evaluated 214 CF patients admitted at 1 hospital for a 2-year period. The PI status was associated with clinical variables and...
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