IgG4-related autoimmune pancreatitis involving the colonic mucosa

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1118-1121

  Ueno, Kenji ^a   Watanabe, Tomohiro ^a   Kawata, Yukiko ^a   Gotoh, Tomoyuki ^a   Tsuji, Yoshihisa ^a   Ida, Hiroshi ^a   Tada, Shinsuke ^a   Yazumi, Shujiro ^a   Chiba, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Colon; IgG4

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON MUCOSA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COLONIC POLYPS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 55349133403     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3282f82970     Document Type: Article

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