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: Daniel S. Smyk, Eirini I. Rigopoulou, Andreas L. Koutsoumpas, Stephen Kriese, Andrew K. Burroughs, Dimitrios P. Bogdanos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Rheumatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/940831