A case of autoimmune pancreatitis associated with retroperitoneal fibrosis

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 320-325

  Ohtsubo, Koushiro ^a   Watanabe, Hiroyuki ^a   Tsuchiyama, Tomoya ^a   Mouri, Hisatsugu ^a   Yamaguchi, Yasushi ^a   Motoo, Yoshiharu ^a   Ohnishi, Ichiro ^a   Gabata, Toshifumi ^a   Sawabu, Norio ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Immunoglobulin G; Pancreatitis; Retroperitoneal fibrosis; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMEN; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD; PANCREATITIS;

ABDOMEN; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PREDNISOLONE; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249727121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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