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Investigation of susceptibility genes triggering lachrymal/salivary gland lesion complications in Japanese patients with type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Oguchi Takaya, Ota Masao, Ito Tetsuya, Hamano Hideaki, Arakura Norikazu, Katsuyama Yoshihiko, Meguro Akira, Kawa Shigeyuki
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a unique form of chronic pancreatitis characterized by high serum IgG4 concentration and a variety of complicating extra-pancreatic lesions. In particular, lachrymal/salivary gland lesions tend to manifest in a highly active AIP disease state, and several genes are speculated to be associated with the onset of this complication. We therefore searched for candidate susceptibility...
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