Autoimmune pancreatitis: With special reference to a localized variant

Journal of Medical Ultrasonics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 41-50

  Kobayashi, Go ^a   Fujita, Naotaka ^a   Noda, Yutaka ^a   Ito, Kei ^a   Horaguchi, Jun ^a  

^a SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Contrast enhanced ultrasonography; IgG4; Mass forming pancreatitis; Obliterative phlebitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; SHU 508; STEROID;

AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS DUCT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS;

EID: 46749125732     PISSN: 13464523     EISSN: 16132254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10396-008-0177-z     Document Type: Review

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