IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis and autoimmune pancreatitis: Histological assessment of biopsies from Vater's ampulla and the bile duct

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1648-1655

  Kawakami, Hiroshi ^a   Zen, Yoh ^c   Kuwatani, Masaki ^a   Eto, Kazunori ^a   Haba, Shin ^a   Yamato, Hiroaki ^a   Shinada, Keisuke ^a   Kubota, Kanako ^b   Asaka, Masahiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autoimmune pancreatitis; endoscopic biopsy; IgG4; IgG4 related sclerosing cholangitis; primary sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; BILE DUCT; BILIARY TRACT BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; VATER PAPILLA; CELL INFILTRATION; COMMON BILE DUCT; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FIBROSIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 RELATED DISEASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 RELATED SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASMA CELL;

EID: 77957586302     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2010.06346.x     Document Type: Article

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