Lack of R117H mutation in the cationic trypsinogen gene in patients with tropical pancreatitis from bangladesh

Pancreas

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 278-280

  Rossi, L ^a,b   Whitcomb, D C ^c   Ehrlich, G D ^c   Gorry, M C ^c   Parvin, S ^a   Sattar, S ^a   Ali, L ^a   Azad Khan, A K ^a   Gyr, N ^b  

^a Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes; Genetic factors; Hereditary pancreatitis; Tropical calcific pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRYPSINOGEN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPICAL DISEASE;

EID: 0031695080     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-199810000-00009     Document Type: Article

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