Identification of a hereditary pancreatitis mutation in four West Virginia families.

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Hereditary pancreatitis (HP) is the second most common cause of chronic childhood pancreatitis in the United States. Mutations in the cationic trypsinogen gene on chromosome 7 are known to cause HP. We identified four families in West Virginia with symptoms consistent with HP. To determine whether members of these families had defects in the trypsinogen gene, we tested for linkage between the HP gene and simple...

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