Autoimmune pancreatitis: The clinicopathological characteristics of the subtype with granulocytic epithelial lesions

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 787-793

  Klöppel, Günter ^a,b   Detlefsen, Sönke ^c   Chari, Suresh T ^d   Longnecker, Daniel S ^e   Zamboni, Giuseppe ^f  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Epidemiology; Granulocytic epithelial lesion; Histopathology; Immunology; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; FIBROSARCOMA; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PANCREAS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FIBROSARCOMA; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC;

EID: 79952023160     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-010-0265-x     Document Type: Review

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