Regression of pancreatic fibrosis after steroid therapy in patients with autoimmune chronic pancreatitis

Pancreas

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-86

  Moon, Hee Song ^a   Kim, Myung Hwan ^a,b   Sung, Koo Lee ^a   Dong, Wan Seo ^a   Sang, Soo Lee ^a   Han, Jimin ^a   Kim, Kyu Pyo ^a   Young, Il Min ^a   Dong, Eun Song ^a   Yu, Ensil ^a   Se, Jin Jang ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Autoimmune chronic pancreatitis; Pancreatic fibrosis; Steroid therapy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 19944427382     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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