Pancreas divisum is not a cause of pancreatitis by itself but acts as a partner of genetic mutations

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 311-317

  Bertin, Caroline ^a   Pelletier, Anne Laure ^a   Vullierme, Marie Pierre ^a   Bienvenu, Thierry ^b   Rebours, Vinciane ^a   Hentic, Olivia ^a   Maire, Frédérique ^a   Hammel, Pascal ^a   Vilgrain, Valérie ^a   Ruszniewski, Philippe ^a   Lévy, Philippe ^a  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Universit é Paris VII Denis Diderot ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PRSS1 PROTEIN; SPINK1 PROTEIN; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; PANCREAS DIVISUM; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; TRYPSIN;

EID: 84856692863     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2011.424     Document Type: Article

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