A Diagnostic Strategy to Distinguish Autoimmune Pancreatitis From Pancreatic Cancer

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1097-1103

  Chari, Suresh T ^a   Takahashi, Naoki ^b   Levy, Michael J ^a   Smyrk, Thomas C ^b   Clain, Jonathan E ^a   Pearson, Randall K ^a   Petersen, Bret T ^a   Topazian, Mark A ^a   Vege, Santhi S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS CANCER; SEROLOGY;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS; STEROIDS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 70349495503     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2009.04.020     Document Type: Article

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