Autoimmune pancreatitis in a patient presenting with obstructive jaundice and pancreatic mass

HPB

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 126-127

  Ooi, Kevin ^a,b   Merrett, Neil ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Obstructive jaundice; Pancreatic mass; Steroid therapy

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PANCREATITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 2542625136     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651820410026128     Document Type: Article

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