Autoimmune pancreatitis without a response to steroid therapy: A case which met criteria after withdrawal of steroid

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 2087-2091

  Matsubayashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Tomita, Hideharu ^a   Sugiura, Teiichi ^a   Sasaki, Keiko ^a   Inui, Tetsuya ^a   Takizawa, Kohei ^a   Yamaguchi, Yuichiro ^a   Ono, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Criteria; Diagnosis; Response; Steroid

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PERFLUBUTANE; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PANCREAS CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATITIS; STEROIDS;

EID: 74549182890     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.2568     Document Type: Article

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