Autoimmune pancreatitis: Frequency, IgG4 expression, and clonality of T and B cells

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 521-528

  Kojima, Motohiro ^a,b   Sipos, Bence ^a   Klapper, Wolfram ^a   Frahm, Olaf ^a   Knuth, Hans Christian ^a   Yanagisawa, Akio ^c   Zamboni, Giuseppe ^d   Morohoshi, Toshio ^b   Klöppel, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Frequency; IgG4 expression; T and B cell clonality

Indexed keywords

FR3 PROTEIN; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CLONING; CELL POPULATION; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLONAL VARIATION; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PANCREAS; PLASMA CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CLONE CELLS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 34147143609     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000213390.55536.47     Document Type: Article

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