An autopsy case of acute pancreatitis with a high serum IgG4 complicated by amyloidosis and rheumatoid arthritis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 2032-2034

  Ichikawa, Tatsuki ^a   Nakao, Kazuhiko ^a   Hamasaki, Keisuke ^a   Ohkubo, Kazuaki ^a   Toriyama, Kan ^a   Eguchi, Katsumi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Autoimmune pancreatitis; IgG4; Rheumatoid arthritis; Systemic amyloidosis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOIMMUNITY; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; ISCHEMIA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 17144403482     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i13.2032     Document Type: Article

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