Type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Zen, Yoh ^a   Bogdanos, Dimitrios P ^a   Kawa, Shigeyuki ^b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

diagnosis; IgG4; IgG4 related disease; pathogenesis; pathology

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE II; FC RECEPTOR; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; LACTOFERRIN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MERCAPTOPURINE; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RITUXIMAB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ACCURACY; ARTERY; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; BILE DUCT; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY; LACRIMAL GLAND; LUNG; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS DUCT; PHLEBITIS; PLASMA CELL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RETROPERITONEUM; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND; SCINTIGRAPHY; SEROLOGY; TH2 CELL; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATITIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS; PLASMA CELLS;

EID: 82755195797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17501172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-1172-6-82     Document Type: Review

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