Hereditary Pancreatitis

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
HP
Pronunciation
/həˈredɪtəri pænkrɪˈaɪtɪs/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. Accept the inevitable He did concede that " a few patients, such as the ones with hereditary pancreatitis, may benefit. " Dr.
  2. Objective To study the basic and clinical achievements in diagnosis and therapy of hereditary pancreatitis.
  3. Conclusion The progress has been made on hereditary pancreatitis and has given us many useful suggestions for a better understanding about this difficult medical problem.
  4. Results Hereditary pancreatitis was a rare type of pancreatitis, with an estimated penetrance of 80 %, and was believed to be caused by a mutation in the cationic trypsinogen gene. Patients with hereditary pancreatitis had a high frequency of pancreatic cancer.

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