Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiography Does Not Reliably Distinguish IgG4-Associated Cholangitis From Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis or Cholangiocarcinoma

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Kalaitzakis, Evangelos ^a,b   Levy, Michael ^c   Kamisawa, Terumi ^d   Johnson, Gavin J ^a   Baron, Todd H ^c   Topazian, Mark D ^c   Takahashi, Naoki ^c   Kanno, Atsushi ^e   Okazaki, Kazuichi ^f   Egawa, Naoto ^d   Uchida, Kazushige ^f   Sheikh, Kashif ^a   Amin, Zahir ^a   Shimosegawa, Tooru ^e   Sandanayake, Neomal S ^a   Church, Nicholas I ^g   Chapman, Michael H ^a   Pereira, Stephen P ^a   Chari, Suresh ^c   Webster, George J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmune Pancreatitis; Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography; IgG4 Associated Cholangitis; Immunoglobulin G4

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CHOLANGITIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 ASSOCIATED CHOLANGITIS; JAPAN; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052031805     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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