Autoimmune pancreatitis in the setting of castleman disease [6]

Pancreas

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 384-387

  Maithel, Shishir K ^a   Pratt, Wande ^a   Kelleher, Thomas ^a   Avigan, David ^a   Goldman, Harvey ^a   Pfeifer, Walther ^a   Pihan, German A ^a   Vollmer, Charles M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; STEROID;

AGED; ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; ANOREXIA; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONICITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYPERTENSION; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JAPANESE; JAUNDICE; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALAISE; MALE; NAUSEA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEROLOGY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; GIANT LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PREDNISONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349037149     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpa.0000281361.75257.9d     Document Type: Letter

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