Article
The role of genetic variation in predisposition to alcohol-related chronic pancreatitis
2015-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Background Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a disease of fibrosis of the pancreas for which alcohol is the main causative agent. However, only a small proportion of alcoholics develop chronic pancreatitis. Genetic polymorphism may affect pancreatitis risk. Aim To determine the factors required to classify a chronic pancreatic population and identify genetic variations that may explain why only some alcoholics develop...
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- Literature Corpus work
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- DOI
- 10.17638/02037520