Diagnostic criteria for autoimmune pancreatitis

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 404-407

  Kamisawa, Terumi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Diagnostic criteria; IgG4; Steroid therapy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; STEROID;

AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CANCER GROWTH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41349105773     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3180cab67e     Document Type: Review

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