Mutations of the cationic trypsinogen gene in patients with chronic pancreatitis.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
Nine out of 48 (19%) patients referred to a pancreatic clinic with a presumed diagnosis of idiopathic chronic pancreatitis have been shown to have mutations in the cationic trypsinogen gene (PRSSI), consistent with a previously unsuspected diagnosis of hereditary pancreatitis.
Medical subject headings
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Pancreatitis
- Trypsinogen