Autoimmune pancreatitis in Japan: Overview and perspective

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 503-517

  Shimosegawa, Tooru ^a   Kanno, Atsushi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; IgG4; IgG4 related sclerosing disease; LPSP; Steroid therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE II ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; LA ANTIBODY; LACTOFERRIN ANTIBODY; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; RO ANTIBODY; STEROID; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SIALOADENITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; STEROID THERAPY; TH1 CELL; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 67449095125     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-009-0054-6     Document Type: Review

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