Clinical clues to suspicion of IgG4-associated sclerosing cholangitis disguised as primary sclerosing cholangitis or hilar cholangiocarcinoma

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1831-1837

  Oh, Hyoung Chul ^a   Kim, Myung Hwan ^b   Lee, Kyu Taek ^c   Lee, Jong Kyun ^c   Moon, Sung Hoon ^b   Song, Tae Jun ^b   Eum, Junbum ^b   Park, Do Hyun ^b   Lee, Sang Soo ^b   Seo, Dong Wan ^b   Lee, Sung Koo ^b  

^a Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin G4; Sclerosing cholangitis; Steroid

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT BIOPSY; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRANULOMA; MALE; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SIALOADENITIS; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 78649623084     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2010.06411.x     Document Type: Article

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