Corticosteroids prevent the progression of autoimmune pancreatitis to chronic pancreatitis
Abstract
Patients with autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) sometimes progress to chronic pancreatitis (CP). We evaluated the ability of corticosteroids to prevent the progression to CP. We defined patients with definitive findings of CP (stones in the main pancreatic duct [MPD] or multiple pancreatic calcifications) as having severe calcification (SC). A total of 145 AIP patients were enrolled. We measured the duration between AIP diagnosis and SC development...
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Title
Corticosteroids prevent the progression of autoimmune pancreatitis to chronic pancreatitis
Published Date
Sep 1, 2020
Journal
Volume
20
Issue
6
Pages
1062 - 1068
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