Diagnostic features and differential diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 309-317

  Adsay, N Volkan ^a   Basturk, Olca ^a   Thirabanjasak, Duangpen ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune; Pancreas; Pancreatitis; Pseudotumor

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; STEROID;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CALCIFICATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTERITIS; FIBROBLAST; GALLSTONE; GRANULOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATITIS; PLASMA CELL; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; RADIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SCLEROSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; VASCULITIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 33746362885     PISSN: 07402570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semdp.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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