Autoimmune pancreatitis - Prototype of IgG4-related sclerosing disease

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-236

  Cheuk, Wah ^a   Chan, John K C ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PREDNISONE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; NOTE; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 34247528928     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAP.0b013e318050497c     Document Type: Note

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