Autoimmune pancreatitis: Pathological findings

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-101

  Klöppel, Günter ^a   Lüttges, Jutta ^a   Sipos, Bence ^a   Capelli, Paola ^b   Zamboni, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Cholangitis, sclerosing; Pancreatitis; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; STEROID;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; BILE DUCT; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GRANULOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MORPHOLOGY; MYOFIBROBLAST; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREATITIS; PLASMA CELL; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PSEUDOTUMOR; STEROID THERAPY; VENULE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATITIS; PLASMA CELLS;

EID: 25844529989     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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