Suspected autoimmune pancreatitis-An indication for steroid treatment?

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 525-526

  Matsubayashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Imai, Kenichiro ^a   Kusumoto, Koichiro ^a   Ono, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Criteria; Diagnosis; Steroid; Suspected autoimmune pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; STEROIDS;

EID: 77955553676     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2009.10.001     Document Type: Letter

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