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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 7, 2010; 16(41): 5241-5246
Published online Nov 7, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i41.5241
Clinical analysis of high serum IgE in autoimmune pancreatitis
Kenji Hirano, Minoru Tada, Hiroyuki Isayama, Kazumichi Kawakubo, Hiroshi Yagioka, Takashi Sasaki, Hirofumi Kogure, Yousuke Nakai, Naoki Sasahira, Takeshi Tsujino, Nobuo Toda, Kazuhiko Koike
Kenji Hirano, Minoru Tada, Hiroyuki Isayama, Kazumichi Kawakubo, Takashi Sasaki, Hirofumi Kogure, Yousuke Nakai, Naoki Sasahira, Takeshi Tsujino, Kazuhiko Koike, Department of Gastroenterology, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
Hiroshi Yagioka, Department of Gastroenterology, JR Tokyo General Hospital, Tokyo 151-8528, Japan
Nobuo Toda, Department of Gastroenterology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo 101-8643, Japan
Author contributions: Hirano K designed the study, collected, analyzed and interpreted the data, and drafted the manuscript; Tada M collected the data and critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content; Isayama H, Kawakubo K, Yagioka H, Sasaki T, Kogure H, Nakai Y, Sasahira N, Tsujino T and Toda N collected the data; Koike K supervised the study.
Correspondence to: Kenji Hirano, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. khirano-tky@umin.ac.jp
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Received: April 19, 2010
Revised: June 30, 2010
Accepted: July 7, 2010
Published online: November 7, 2010
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