Autoimmune pancreatitis with evolution to cholangitis: A case report

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 346-350

  Nijs, Jochen ^a,c   Macken, E ^a   Struyf, N ^a   Gys, T ^b   Bergmans, G ^b   Pelckmans, P ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b St Dimpna General Hospital   (Belgium)

^c Dienst Gastroenterologie ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PANCREATITIS; PSEUDOCYST; RELAPSE; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS;

EID: 13244260905     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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