Clinical course and indications for steroid therapy of sclerosing cholangitis associated with autoimmune pancreatitis

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 56, Issue 91-92, 2009, Pages 584-588

  Nakazawa, Takahiro ^a   Ohara, Hirotaka ^a   Ando, Tomoaki ^a   Hayashi, Kazuki ^a   Naitoh, Itaru ^a   Okumura, Fumihiro ^a   Tanaka, Hajime ^a   Sano, Hitoshi ^b   Joh, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b GIFU PREFECTURAL TAJIMI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Biliary tract involvement; Prognosis; Sclerosing cholangitis; Steroid therapy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PANCREATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; STENOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651208560     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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