Contrast-Enhanced Sonography of Autoimmune Pancreatitis: Comparison with Pathologic Findings

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-206

  Numata, Kazushi ^a   Ozawa, Yutaka ^b   Kobayashi, Noritoshi ^b   Kubota, Toru ^b   Akinori, Nozawa ^a   Nakatani, Yukio ^a   Sugimori, Kazuya ^a   Imada, Toshio ^a   Tanaka, Katsuaki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Contrast enhanced sonography; Pathologic findings

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; HARMONIC GENERATION; HORMONES; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SONOLUMINESCENCE;

SONOGRAPHY; THERAPEUTICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FIBROSIS; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; INJECTION; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 1042301357     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.2.199     Document Type: Article

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