Autoimmune chronic pancreatitis relapsing despite the maintenance dose of steroid

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-167

  Pyun, Dae Keun ^a   Choi, Won Beom ^a   Kim, Myung Hwan ^a   Yun, Jae Pil ^a   Lee, Sang Su ^a   Seo, Dong Wan ^a   Lee, Sung Koo ^a  

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

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Pancreatitis; Steroid

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PANCREATITIS; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PREDNISOLONE; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 25144483951     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2005.20.2.163     Document Type: Article

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