Diagnosis of IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 43, 2013, Pages 7661-7670

  Nakazawa, Takahiro ^a   Naitoh, Itaru ^a   Hayashi, Kazuki ^a   Miyabe, Katsuyuki ^a   Simizu, Shuya ^a   Joh, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

IgG4; IgG4 related sclerosing cholangitis; Primary sclerosing cholangitis; Sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; RITUXIMAB; STEROID;

AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS;

IGG4; IGG4-RELATED SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; STEROIDS;

EID: 84888124515     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i43.7661     Document Type: Review

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