Serum IgG4 in autoimmune pancreatitis: A marker of disease severity and recurrence?

Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a well-defined clinical entity athologically different from all the other forms of chronic panreatitis. Since its first description, the concept of the disease has reatly changed over time. On the basis of pathological findings, the disease has been ecently classified in type 1 AIP (also called Lympho-Plasmacytic clerosing Pancreatitis – LPSP), and type 2 AIP (also called Idiopathic uct-centric Chronic...