New kid on the block? Autoimmune pancreatitis

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 361-378

  Forcione, David G ^a   Brugge, William R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; FC RECEPTOR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EXPOSURE; HEREDITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 77956592160     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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