Challenge in the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Pancreatitis: Potential Role of Helicobacter pylori Infection via Molecular Mimicry

Gastroenterology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 368-369

  Kountouras, Jannis ^a   Zavos, Christos ^a   Gavalas, Emmanuel ^a   Tzilves, Dimitrios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUKOTRIENE; PROSTAGLANDIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACINAR CELL; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; FIBROSIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HELPER CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TH1 CELL;

EID: 34447104130     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.05.044     Document Type: Letter

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