Clinical analysis of high serum IgE in autoimmune pancreatitis |
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| Authors: | Hirano Kenji Tada Minoru Isayama Hiroyuki Kawakubo Kazumichi Yagioka Hiroshi Sasaki Takashi Kogure Hirofumi Nakai Yousuke Sasahira Naoki Tsujino Takeshi Toda Nobuo Koike Kazuhiko |
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| Institution: | 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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| Abstract: | AIM: To clarify the clinical significance of high serum IgE in autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP). METHODS: Forty-two AIP patients, whose IgE was measured before steroid treatment, were analyzed. To evaluate the relationship between IgE levels and the disease activity of AIP, we examined (1) Frequency of high IgE (> 170 IU/mL) and concomitant allergic dis-eases requiring treatment; (2) Correlations between IgG, IgG4, and IgE; (3) Relationship between the presence of extrapancreatic lesions and IgE; (4) Re-lat... |
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| Keywords: | IgE IgG4 IgG Autoimmune pancreatitis |
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