Search Results - "Tsuruta, Kouji"
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A new clinicopathological entity of IgG4-related autoimmune disease
Published in Journal of gastroenterology (01-10-2003)“…Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is occasionally associated with other autoimmune diseases. To investigate the pathophysiology of AIP, we immunohistochemically…”
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Differentiation of Autoimmune Pancreatitis From Pancreatic Cancer by Diffusion-Weighted MRI
Published in The American journal of gastroenterology (01-08-2010)“…We sought to clarify the clinical utility of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) for differentiating autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) from…”
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Clinical difficulties in the differentiation of autoimmune pancreatitis and pancreatic carcinoma
Published in The American journal of gastroenterology (01-12-2003)“…Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a newly described entity with characteristic clinical, histologic, and morphologic changes, in which autoimmune mechanisms are…”
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Strategy for differentiating autoimmune pancreatitis from pancreatic cancer
Published in Pancreas (01-10-2008)“…It is of utmost importance that autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) be differentiated from pancreatic cancer (PC) because some AIP cases undergo unnecessary…”
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Pancreatic cancer with a high serum IgG4 concentration
Published in World journal of gastroenterology : WJG (14-10-2006)“…Differentiation between autoimmune pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer is sometimes difficult. It has been reported that serum IgG4 concentrations are…”
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A new diagnostic endoscopic tool for autoimmune pancreatitis
Published in Gastrointestinal endoscopy (01-08-2008)“…Background Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a type of pancreatitis that is presumed to have an autoimmune etiology, and is currently diagnosed based on a…”
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Frequent and significant K-ras mutation in the pancreas, the bile duct, and the gallbladder in autoimmune pancreatitis
Published in Pancreas (01-11-2009)“…To assess the relationship between autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and pancreatic cancer, we analyzed K-ras mutation in the pancreatobiliary tissues of patients…”
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Sclerosing cholecystitis associated with autoimmune pancreatitis
Published in World journal of gastroenterology : WJG (21-06-2006)“…AIM: TO evaluate the histopathological and radiological findings of the gallbladder in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP). METHODS: The radiological…”
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Serum IgG4 levels and extrapancreatic lesions in autoimmune pancreatitis
Published in European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology (01-12-2008)“…OBJECTIVESerum IgG4 levels are frequently elevated in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP). AIP is sometimes associated with various extrapancreatic…”
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Serum IgG4 concentrations and IgG4-related sclerosing disease
Published in Clinica chimica acta (01-10-2009)“…Based on histological and immunohistochemical examinations of various organs of patients with autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP), a new clinicopathological entity,…”
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Usefulness of biopsying the major duodenal papilla to diagnose autoimmune pancreatitis: A prospective study using IgG4-immunostaining
Published in World journal of gastroenterology : WJG (07-04-2006)“…AIM: TO examine the histological and immunohistochemical findings of biopsy specimens taken from the major duodenal papilla of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP)…”
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Malignancies associated with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas
Published in World journal of gastroenterology : WJG (28-09-2005)“…AIM: As intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) has a favorable prognosis, associated malignancies have potential significance in these patients. We…”
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Sclerosing cholangitis associated with autoimmune pancreatitis differs from primary sclerosing cholangitis
Published in World journal of gastroenterology : WJG (21-05-2009)“…To clarify the characteristic features of biliary lesions in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and compare them with those of primary sclerosing…”
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MRCP and MRI findings in 9 patients with autoimmune pancreatitis
Published in World journal of gastroenterology : WJG (14-05-2006)“…AIM: To evaluate magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (HRCP) findings in conjunction with magnetic resonance (MR) images in autoimmune pancreatitis…”
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Diagnosis and clinical implications of pancreatobiliary reflux
Published in World journal of gastroenterology : WJG (21-11-2008)“…The sphincter of Oddi is located at the distal end of the pancreatic and bile ducts and regulates the outflow of bile and pancreatic juice. A common channel…”
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Pancreatic endocrine and exocrine function and salivary gland function in autoimmune pancreatitis before and after steroid therapy
Published in Pancreas (01-10-2003)“…Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a distinct clinical entity in which an autoimmune mechanism may be involved in pathogenesis. To investigate salivary gland…”
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Involvement of pancreatic and bile ducts in autoimmune pancreatitis
Published in World journal of gastroenterology : WJG (28-01-2006)“…AIM:To examine the involvement of the pancreatic and bile ducts in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis. METHODS: Clinical and cholangiopancreatographic…”
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Extrapancreatic lesions in autoimmune pancreatitis
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Pancreatographic Investigation of Embryology of Incomplete Pancreas Divisum
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis may be overestimated in Japan
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