A case of IgG4-associated cholangitis and autoimmune pancreatitis responsive to corticosteroids

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 707-712

  Smal, Aaron J ^a   Loftus, Conor G ^a   Smyrk, Thomas C ^a   Baron, Todd H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; PREDNISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG RESPONSE; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; PANCREATITIS; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PANCREATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57049143115     PISSN: 17434378     EISSN: 17434386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpgasthep1296     Document Type: Article

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