The Sensitivity and Specificity of Serum Immunoglobulin G and Immunoglobulin G4 Levels in the Diagnosis of Autoimmune Chronic Pancreatitis

Pancreas

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-161

  Choi, Eun Kwang ^a   Kim, Myung Hwan ^b   Lee, Tae Yoon ^b   Kwon, Seunghyun ^b   Oh, Hyoung Chul ^b   Hwang, Chang Yun ^b   Seo, Dong Wan ^b   Lee, Sang Soo ^b   Lee, Sung Koo ^b  

^a Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; IgG; IgG4; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCOHOLISM; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KOREA; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34447515428     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: 15364828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e318053eacc     Document Type: Article

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