<it>TCF7L2 </it>gene polymorphisms do not predict susceptibility to diabetes in tropical calcific pancreatitis but may interact with <it>SPINK1 </it>and <it>CTSB </it>mutations in predicting diabetes

• Main Authors: Singh Shivaram (Author), Rao G Venkat (Author), Prakash Swami (Author), Reddy D Nageshwar (Author), Bhaskar Seema (Author), Mahurkar Swapna (Author), Thomas Varghese (Author), Chandak Giriraj (Author)
• Format: Bog
• Udgivet: BMC, 2008-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Fag: article
• Online adgang: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Tropical calcific pancreatitis (TCP) is a type of chronic pancreatitis unique to developing countries in tropical regions and one of its important features is invariable progression to diabetes, a condition called fibro-calculous pan...