Autoantibodies in Autoimmune Pancreatitis

Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) was first used to describe cases of pancreatitis with narrowing of the pancreatic duct, enlargement of the pancreas, hyper-γ-globulinaemia, and antinuclear antibody (ANA) positivity serologically. The main differential diagnosis, is pancreatic cancer, which can be ruled...

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Main Authors: Smyk, Daniel S., Rigopoulou, Eirini I., Koutsoumpas, Andreas L., Kriese, Stephen, Burroughs, Andrew K., Bogdanos, Dimitrios P.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3403403/