IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis should be included as an exclusion criterion for the diagnosis of primary sclerosing cholangitis [8]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 691-692

  Hamano, Hideaki ^a   Umemura, Takeji ^a   Uehara, Takeshi ^a   Kawa, Shigeyuki ^b   Kiyosawa, Kendo ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

EID: 33847299002     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01040_8.x     Document Type: Letter

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