Autoimmune pancreatitis presenting as simultaneous masses in the pancreatic head and gallbladder

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 455-459

  Gumbs, Andrew A ^a   Kim, Jinah ^a   Kiehna, Erin ^a   Brink, James A ^a   Salem, Ronald R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Immunoglobulin G; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAUNDICE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SCREENING TEST;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; EDEMA; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27644533384     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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