linical and Genetic Characteristics of Hereditary Pancreatitis n Europe

ATHAN HOWES,* MARKUS M. LERCH,‡ WILLIAM GREENHALF,* DEBORAH D. STOCKEN,§ AN ELLIS, PETER SIMON,‡ KASPAR TRUNINGER,¶ RUDI AMMANN,¶ GIORGIO CAVALLINI,# ICHARD M. CHARNLEY,** GENEROSO UOMO,‡‡ MIRIAM DELHAYE,§§ JULIUS SPICAK, RENDAN DRUMM,¶¶ JAN JANSEN,## ROGER MOUNTFORD,*** DAVID C. WHITCOMB,‡‡‡ nd JOHN P. NEOPTOLEMOS* on behalf of the European Registry of Hereditary Pancreatitis nd Pancreatic Cancer (EUROPAC) Department of Surgery, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom; ‡Division of Gastroenterology and Endocrinology, Ernst-Moritzrndt Universitat, Greifswald, Germany; §Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Department of Clinical Genetics, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom; ¶Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital urich, Switzerland; #Instituto di Clinica Medica, Verona, Italy; **Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon yne, United Kingdom; ‡‡Department of Internal Medicine, Cardarelli Hospital, Napoli, Italy; §§Department of Gastroenterology, Erasme niversity Hospital, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; IKEM Clinic of Hepatogastroenterology, Prague, Czech Republic; ¶Department of Paediatrics, University College, Dublin, Ireland; ##Radboud Hospital, Geert Grooteplein, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; **Mersey Regional Molecular Genetics, Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom; ‡‡‡Department of Medicine, University of ittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania