Autoimmune pancreatitis - An uncommon type of chronic pancreatitis

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 181-183

  Ramachandran, Jeyamani ^a   Chacko, Ashok ^a   Peter, Shajan ^a   Mathews, John ^a   Govil, Shalini ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disorders

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREATITIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PREDNISOLONE; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9644257252     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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