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Genetic Risk Factors in Early-Onset Nonalcoholic Chronic Pancreatitis: An Update.
Genes - 20 May 2021
Wertheim-Tysarowska Katarzyna, Oracz Grzegorz, Rygiel Agnieszka Magdalena
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Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a progressive, irreversible inflammatory disorder of the pancreas, which results from interrelations between different genetic and environmental factors. Genetic variants are the primary cause of the disease in early-onset nonalcoholic CP patients. Novel CP-associated genes are continuously emerging from genetic studies on CP cohorts, providing important clues for distinct mechanisms...
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