The diagnostic significance of serum IgG4 levels in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis: A UK study

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-145

  Sadler, Ross ^a   Chapman, Roger W ^b   Simpson, Dawn ^a   Soonawalla, Zahir F ^b   Waldegrave, Elizabeth L ^a   Burden, John M ^a   Misbah, Siraj A ^a   Ferry, Berne L ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autoimmune pancreatitis; biliary disease; IgG4; IgG4 sclerosing disease; pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79851505188     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3283423486     Document Type: Article

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