Elevation of serum IgG4 in Western patients with autoimmune sclerosing pancreatocholangitis: A word of caution

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1147-1154

  Hochwald, Steven N ^a   Hemming, Alan W ^a   Draganov, Peter ^a   Vogel, Stephen B ^a   Dixon, Lisa R ^a   Grobmyer, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; IgG4; Pancreaticobiliary malignancy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JAPAN; LABORATORY; MALE; METASTASIS; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PATHOLOGIST; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROSING PANCREATOCHOLANGITIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40549099347     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9736-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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