Duct-narrowing chronic pancreatitis without immunoserologic abnormality: Comparison with duct-narrowing chronic pancreatitis with positive serological evidence and its clinical management

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1414-1421

  Wakabayashi, Tokio ^a   Kawaura, Yukimitsu ^b   Satomura, Yoshitake ^b   Urabe, Takeshi ^b   Watanabe, Hiroyuki ^b   Motoo, Yoshiharu ^b   Sawabu, Norio ^b  

^a Saisekai Kanazawa Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Bile duct stenosis; Duct narrowing chronic pancreatitis; Immunoserologic abnormality; Steroid treatment

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PANCREAS; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS DUCT STENOSIS; PATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SEROLOGY; STEROID THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLOBULINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22844438649     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-2855-7     Document Type: Article

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