Autoimmune pancreatitis: Instrumental diagnosis

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 102-107

  Morana, Giovanni ^a   Tapparelli, Margherita ^b   Faccioli, Niccolò ^b   D'Onofrio, Mirko ^b   Mucelli, Roberto Pozzi ^b  

^a CA FONCELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases diagnosis pathology radiography ultrasonography; Cholangiopancreatography, endoscopic retrograde; Contrast media; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pancreas immunology pathology radiography; Pancreatitis diagnosis immunology pathology radiography ultrasonography; Tomography, x ray computed

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; STEROID;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREATITIS; PLASMA CELL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPHOCYTES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 27644438863     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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