Autoimmune pancreatitis associated with idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: A case report

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 235-239

  Aimoto, Takayuki ^a,b   Uchida, Eiji ^a   Nakamura, Yoshiharu ^a   Katsuno, Akira ^a   Chou, Kazumitsu ^a   Tajiri, Takashi ^a   Naito, Zenya ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis; IgG4; Multifocal idiopathic fibrosclerosis; Steroid therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OUTPATIENT; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREATITIS; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATITIS; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS;

EID: 33747644137     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.73.235     Document Type: Article

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