The role of endoscopy in the diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 645-656

  Moon, Sung Hoon ^a   Kim, Myung Hwan ^b  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PANCREAS CANCER; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALGORITHMS; AMPULLA OF VATER; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOPSY; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CONSENSUS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PANCREATITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84865130076     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2012.04.458     Document Type: Review

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