Refractory autoimmune pancreatitis: Azathioprine or steroid pulse therapy?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1834-

  Matsushita, Mitsunobu ^a   Ikeura, Tsukasa ^a   Fukui, Toshiro ^a   Uchida, Kazushige ^a   Okazaki, Kazuichi ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; STEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; NOTE; PANCREATITIS;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AZATHIOPRINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PANCREATITIS; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; STEROIDS;

EID: 50649104829     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01959-1.x     Document Type: Letter

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