Hereditary pancreatitis: report of a family from Turkey.
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.
Kansu
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A
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Ankara, Turkey.
Girgin
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N
Yurdaydin
C
C
Cetinkaya
H
H
Uzunalimoglu
O
O
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D014421:Turkey