Total pancreatectomy and autoislet transplant for chronic recurrent pancreatitis in a 5-year-old boy

• Main Authors: Shaheed Merani (Author), Rene Razzak (Author), Tatsuya Kin (Author), Andrea Haqq (Author), Hien Huynh (Author), A.M. James Shapiro (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Elsevier, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Childhood chronic pancreatitis is a rare disorder, which can lead to a chronically debilitating condition. The etiology of recurrent hereditary pancreatitis, which previously was classified as idiopathic, has now been attributed in certain cases to specific genetic mutations including abnormalities...