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Johanson-Blizzard syndrome

Progression of pancreatic involvement in adulthood

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

    Dan R. Trellis MD

  2. Digestive Disease Clinical Center, One Barnes Hospital Plaza, 63110, St. Louis, Missouri

    Ray E. Clouse MD

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Supported in part by NIH grant AM07130 from the United States Public Health Service.

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Trellis, D.R., Clouse, R.E. Johanson-Blizzard syndrome. Digest Dis Sci 36, 365–369 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01318210

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