Autoimmune pancreatitis: A challenging diagnostic puzzle for clinicians

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 92-98

  Buscarini, E ^a   Frulloni, L ^b   De Lisi, S ^c   Falconi, M ^b   Testoni, P A ^d   Zambelli, A ^a  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune; Pancreatic biopsy; Pancreatic imaging; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; STEROID; AUTOANTIBODY; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE II; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; LACTOFERRIN;

AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ASIA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; ITALY; JAUNDICE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MORBIDITY; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS SURGERY; PLASMA CELL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; STEATORRHEA; STEROID THERAPY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOPSY; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREATITIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73749083786     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2009.08.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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