A case of Mikulicz's disease complicated by autoimmune pancreatitis, in which impaired glucose tolerance was improved by glucocorticoid treatment

Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 349-356

  Yamamoto, Motohisa ^a   Ohara, Mikiko ^a   Suzuki, Chisako ^a   Oka, Toshikuni ^a   Naishiro, Yasuyoshi ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Takahashi, Hiroki ^a   Shinomura, Yasuhisa ^a   Imai, Kohzoh ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

autoimmune pancreatitis; glucocorticoid; immunoglobulin G4; Mikulicz's disease; Sj gren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; MIKULICZ DISEASE; PANCREATITIS;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; MIKULICZ' DISEASE; PANCREATITIS; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 33644683799     PISSN: 09114300     EISSN: 13497413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2177/jsci.28.349     Document Type: Article

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