Serum IgG4 levels and extrapancreatic lesions in autoimmune pancreatitis

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1167-1170

  Kamisawa, Terumi ^a   Imai, Mitsuho ^a   Egawa, Naoto ^a   Tsuruta, Kouji ^a   Okamoto, Atsutake ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Immunoglobulin g4; Retroperitoneal fibrosis; Sclerosing cholangitis; Sclerosing cholecystitis; Sclerosing sialadenitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; ROC CURVE; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SCLEROSING CHOLECYSTITIS; SCLEROSING SIALADENITIS; SEX RATIO; SIALOADENITIS;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; CHOLECYSTITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; SIALADENITIS;

EID: 56749091638     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3283069dc2     Document Type: Article

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