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Hereditary pancreatitis: Report of a family from Turkey
Author(s) -
Kansu Aydan,
Girgin Nurten,
YurdaydİN Cihan,
Cetinkaya HÜLya,
Uzunalimoglu ÖZden
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1998.tb02001.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hereditary pancreatitis , pancreatitis , family medicine , general surgery , trypsinogen , biochemistry , chemistry , trypsin , enzyme
Abstract Chronic pancreatitis is a rare disease in children and is usually secondary to underlying diseases such as hereditary pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, hyperlipidemia, prolonged malnutrition, gallstones or anomalies of the biliary‐pancreatic duct system. Hereditary pancreatitis is a common cause of chronic pancreatitis in children but is often unrecognized until months or years later. We report here a family with hereditary pancreatitis in which four members are affected.