Rituximab Therapy for Refractory Biliary Strictures in Immunoglobulin G4-Associated Cholangitis

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 364-366

  Topazian, Mark ^a   Witzig, Thomas E ^a   Smyrk, Thomas C ^a   Pulido, Jose S ^a   Levy, Michael J ^a   Kamath, Patrick S ^a   Chari, Suresh T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; MERCAPTOPURINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STENT;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD20; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLESTASIS, EXTRAHEPATIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DUCTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39849102835     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2007.12.020     Document Type: Article

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