Serum IgG4 in autoimmune pancreatitis: A marker of disease severity and recurrence?

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 674-675

  Frulloni, Luca ^a   Lunardi, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY; NOTE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RELAPSE; RETROPERITONEUM; SALIVARY GLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOM; TH2 CELL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 79961128225     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2011.06.010     Document Type: Note

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