Autoimmune pancreatitis: Radiologic findings in 20 patients

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 94-102

  Yang, D H ^a   Kim, K W ^a   Kim, T K ^a,b   Park, S H ^a   Kim, S H ^a   Kim, M H ^a   Lee, S K ^a   Kim, A Y ^a   Kim, P N ^a   Ha, H K ^a   Lee, M G ^a  

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

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Magnetic resonance; Pancreatitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PANCREAS; PANCREAS BLOOD FLOW; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREATITIS; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 30544438810     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-005-0047-8     Document Type: Article

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