Article: Genotype and phenotype correlations in patients with cystic fibrosis and pancreatitis
| Title | Genotype and phenotype correlations in patients with cystic fibrosis and pancreatitis |
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| Authors | Durno, C1 Corey, M1 2 Zielenski, J2 Tullis, E1 2 Tsui, LC1 2 Durie, P1 2 |
| Issue Date | 2002 |
| Publisher | WB Saunders Co. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/gastro |
| Citation | Gastroenterology, 2002, v. 123 n. 6, p. 1857-1864 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/gast.2002.37042 |
| Abstract | Background & Aims: Pancreatitis is known to occur in some patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), but the prevalence, natural history, and genotypic basis are unclear. We examined a well-defined cohort of patients with CF to answer these questions. Methods: Patients with CF were identified from a computerized database (1966-1996). Chart audit identified all patients with CF and pancreatitis. Results: Among 1075 patients with CF, 937 (87%) were pancreatic insufficient at diagnosis, 28 (3%) were pancreatic sufficient but developed pancreatic insufficiency after diagnosis, and 110 (10%) have remained pancreatic sufficient. No patients with pancreatic insufficiency developed pancreatitis. Nineteen patients (17.3%) with pancreatic sufficiency experienced one or more attacks of pancreatitis. The mean age at diagnosis of pancreatitis was 22.7 ± 10.3 years (range, 10-35 years), and pancreatitis was recognized before the diagnosis of CF in 6 patients (32%). The diagnosis of CF in pancreatic-sufficient patients, with and without pancreatitis, was established at a significantly older age than in those with pancreatic insufficiency (P < 0.0001). Genotyped patients with pancreatic insufficiency carried 2 severe mutant alleles. All genotyped patients with pancreatic sufficiency and pancreatitis carried at least one mild mutation. No specific genotype was predictive of pancreatitis. Conclusions: Patients with CF with pancreatic sufficiency carry at least one mild mutant allele and are at a significant risk of developing pancreatitis. Symptoms of pancreatitis may precede the diagnosis of CF. Pancreatitis is associated with an otherwise mild CF phenotype. |
| ISSN | 0016-5085 2011 Impact Factor: 11.675 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.055 |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/gast.2002.37042 |
| ISI Accession Number ID | WOS:000179545300017 |
| References | References in Scopus |
| dc.contributor.author | Durno, C |
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| dc.contributor.author | Corey, M |
| dc.contributor.author | Zielenski, J |
| dc.contributor.author | Tullis, E |
| dc.contributor.author | Tsui, LC |
| dc.contributor.author | Durie, P |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-09-12T03:52:20Z |
| dc.date.available | 2007-09-12T03:52:20Z |
| dc.date.issued | 2002 |
| dc.description.abstract | Background & Aims: Pancreatitis is known to occur in some patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), but the prevalence, natural history, and genotypic basis are unclear. We examined a well-defined cohort of patients with CF to answer these questions. Methods: Patients with CF were identified from a computerized database (1966-1996). Chart audit identified all patients with CF and pancreatitis. Results: Among 1075 patients with CF, 937 (87%) were pancreatic insufficient at diagnosis, 28 (3%) were pancreatic sufficient but developed pancreatic insufficiency after diagnosis, and 110 (10%) have remained pancreatic sufficient. No patients with pancreatic insufficiency developed pancreatitis. Nineteen patients (17.3%) with pancreatic sufficiency experienced one or more attacks of pancreatitis. The mean age at diagnosis of pancreatitis was 22.7 ± 10.3 years (range, 10-35 years), and pancreatitis was recognized before the diagnosis of CF in 6 patients (32%). The diagnosis of CF in pancreatic-sufficient patients, with and without pancreatitis, was established at a significantly older age than in those with pancreatic insufficiency (P < 0.0001). Genotyped patients with pancreatic insufficiency carried 2 severe mutant alleles. All genotyped patients with pancreatic sufficiency and pancreatitis carried at least one mild mutation. No specific genotype was predictive of pancreatitis. Conclusions: Patients with CF with pancreatic sufficiency carry at least one mild mutant allele and are at a significant risk of developing pancreatitis. Symptoms of pancreatitis may precede the diagnosis of CF. Pancreatitis is associated with an otherwise mild CF phenotype. |
| dc.description.nature | abstract |
| dc.identifier.citation | Gastroenterology, 2002, v. 123 n. 6, p. 1857-1864 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/gast.2002.37042 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/gast.2002.37042 |
| dc.identifier.epage | 1864 |
| dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000179545300017 |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0016-5085 2011 Impact Factor: 11.675 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.055 |
| dc.identifier.issue | 6 |
| dc.identifier.openurl | ![]() |
| dc.identifier.pmid | 12454843 |
| dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-0036892322 |
| dc.identifier.spage | 1857 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/44375 |
| dc.identifier.volume | 123 |
| dc.language | eng |
| dc.publisher | WB Saunders Co. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/gastro |
| dc.publisher.place | United States |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Gastroenterology |
| dc.relation.references | References in Scopus |
| dc.subject.mesh | Medical sciences - gastroenterology |
| dc.subject.mesh | Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator - genetics |
| dc.subject.mesh | Pancreatitis - diagnosis - etiology - genetics - physiopathology |
| dc.subject.mesh | Phenotype |
| dc.subject.mesh | Prevalence |
| dc.title | Genotype and phenotype correlations in patients with cystic fibrosis and pancreatitis |
| dc.type | Article |
Author Affiliations
- University of Toronto
- Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto


