Update on the diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune pancreatitis

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-121

  Ghazale, Amaar H ^a   Chari, Suresh T ^a   Vege, Santhi Swaroop ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; LACTOFERRIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATOGRAPHY; PATIENT CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; ACUTE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PANCREAS FUNCTION TEST; PANCREATITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PANCREATIC FUNCTION TESTS; PANCREATITIS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47149116237     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-008-0031-x     Document Type: Review

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