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WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
Volume 12, Issue 16, Pages 2487-2496Publisher
BAISHIDENG PUBLISHING GROUP INC
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i16.2487
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autoimmune chronic pancreatitis; diagnostic criteria
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Autoimmune chronic pancreatitis (AIP) is increasingly being recognized worldwidely, as knowledge of this entity builds up. Above all, AIP is a very attractive disease to clinicians in terms of its dramatic response to the oral steroid therapy in contrast to ordinary chronic pancreatitis. Although many characteristic findings of AIP have been described, definite diagnostic criteria have not been fully established. In the year 2002, the Japan Pancreas Society published the diagnostic criteria of AIP and many clinicians around the world use these criteria for the diagnosis of AIR The diagnostic criteria proposed by the Japan Pancreas Society however, are not completely satisfactory and some groups use their own criteria in reporting AIR This review discusses several potential limitations of current diagnostic criteria for this increasingly recognized condition. The manuscript is organized to emphasize the need for convening a consensus to develop improved diagnostic criteria. (C) 2006 The WJG Press. All rights reserved.
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