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+# Urinary Metabolomic Signatures in Chronic Pancreatitis: A Discovery Phase Investigation of the PROCEED Study
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+This repository has all the data and code for the GC-MS metabolomics analysis of the manuscript:
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+**Urinary Metabolomic Signatures in Chronic Pancreatitis: A Discovery Phase Investigation of the PROCEED Study**, R.L. Hill et al.
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