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Autoimmune related pancreatitis
Abstract
Since the first documented case of a particular form of pancreatitis with hypergammaglobulinaemia, similar cases have been reported, leading to the concept of an autoimmune related pancreatitis or so-called “autoimmune pancreatitis”. Although it has not yet been widely accepted as a new clinical entity, the present article discusses the recent concept of autoimmune pancreatitis.
- pancreatitis
- autoimmune pancreatitis
- ACA-II, anticarbonic anhydrase II antibody
- AIP, autoimmune related pancreatitis
- ALF, antilactoferrin antibody
- ANA, antinuclear antibody
- CA-II, carbonic anhydrase-II
- ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
- IL, interleukin
- LF, lactoferrin
- PBC, primary biliary cirrhosis
- PNPD, pancreatitis showing the narrowing appearance of the pancreatic duct
- PSC, primary sclerosing cholangitis
- RF, rheumatoid factor
- SjS, Sjögren's syndrome