EUS-FNA contribution in the identification of autoimmune pancreatitis: A case report

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 598-604

  Salla, Charitini ^a   Chatzipantelis, Paschalis ^a,d   Konstantinou, Panagiotis ^a   Karoumpalis, Ioannis ^b   Pantazopoulou, Akrivi ^a   Tsiotos, Grigorios ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Biopsy, fine needle; Endosonography; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; JAUNDICE; LYMPHOCYTE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NAUSEA; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PLASMA CELL; SPHINCTEROTOMY; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 34648813078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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