The natural course of autoimmune pancreatitis

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 56, Issue 91-92, 2009, Pages 866-870

  Kamisawa, Terumi ^a   Anjiki, Hajime ^a   Takuma, Kensuke ^a   Egawa, Naoto ^a   Kubota, Naoko ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; IgG4; Imaging study; Natural course; Steroid therapy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; STEROID;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67651206059     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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