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World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2011; 17(18): 2332-2337
Published online May 14, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i18.2332
Utility of pancreatography for diagnosing autoimmune pancreatitis
Kensuke Takuma, Terumi Kamisawa, Taku Tabata, Yoshihiko Inaba, Naoto Egawa, Yoshinori Igarashi
Kensuke Takuma, Terumi Kamisawa, Taku Tabata, Yoshihiko Inaba, Naoto Egawa, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan
Yoshinori Igarashi, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Omori Medical Center, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan
Author contributions: Takuma K and Kamisawa T contributed equally to this work, analyzed the data, and wrote the manuscript; Tabata T, Inaba Y, Egawa N and Igarashi Y collected the data.
Supported by The Research Committee on Intractable Diseases provided by the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare of Japan
Correspondence to: Terumi Kamisawa, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital 3-18-22Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan. kamisawa@cick.jp
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Received: October 21, 2010
Revised: December 14, 2010
Accepted: December 21, 2010
Published online: May 14, 2011
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