A case of autoimmune pancreatitis with initially negative autoantibodies turning positive during the clinical course

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1705-1708

  Egawa, Naoto ^a   Irie, Takahiro ^a   Tu, Yuyang ^a   Kamisawa, Terumi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Autoimmune pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BILE DUCT; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT; PANCREATITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; PREDNISOLONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0141427935     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025426508414     Document Type: Article

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