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.
Publication types
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Letter
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Chromosome Aberrations / genetics
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Chromosome Disorders
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Chromosome Mapping
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Chronic Disease
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DNA Mutational Analysis*
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Humans
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Pancreatitis / diagnosis
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Pancreatitis / genetics*
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Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / diagnosis
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Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / genetics
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Risk Factors
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Trypsinogen / genetics*