Successful treatment of pediatric IgG4 related systemic disease with mycophenolate mofetil: Case report and a review of the pediatric autoimmune pancreatitis literature

Pediatric Rheumatology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mannion, Melissa ^a   Cron, Randy Q ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BILIRUBIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBROSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAUNDICE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MEDLINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 78650776541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15460096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-9-1     Document Type: Review

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