• Department of General Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;
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Objective To study the basic and clinical achievements in diagnosis and therapy of hereditary pancreatitis. Methods Related literatures of recent years were reviewed. 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.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.

Citation: TIAN Bo le,ZHANG Zhao da,LIU Xu bao. Advances in Basic Research and Clinical Progress in Hereditary Pancreatitis. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2003, 10(6): 556-559. doi: Copy