A proposal for differentiation between early- and advanced-stage autoimmune pancreatitis by endoscopic ultrasonography

Digestive Endoscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 162-169

  Kubota, Kensuke ^a,b   Kato, Shingo ^a   Akiyama, Tomoyuki ^a   Fujita, Koji ^a   Yoneda, Masato ^a   Takahashi, Hirokazu ^a   Ogawa, Masami ^a   Inamori, Masahiko ^a   Abe, Yasunobu ^a   Kirikoshi, Hiroyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Noritoshi ^a   Saito, Satoru ^a   Hisatomi, Kantaro ^b   Matsuhashi, Nobuyuki ^b   Nakajima, Atsushi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kanto Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Early stage; Endoscopic ultrasonography; Hyperechoic duct margin; Lobularity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREAS DUCT; REMISSION;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 67949102101     PISSN: 09155635     EISSN: 14431661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2009.00879.x     Document Type: Article

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