Autoimmune pancreatitis. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Terumi Kamisawa, Jae Bock Chung, editors.
• Editors: Kamisawa, Terumi; Chung, Jae Bock
• Contents: Preface; Contents; Contributors; Part I: Introduction, Epidemiology and Pathology; 1: Overview of Type 1 and Type 2 AIP; Introduction; The First Report of AIP; Type 1 AIP; Clinical Features; Laboratory Features; Imaging Features; Histopathological Features; Diagnostic Criteria and Differential Diagnosis; Treatment; Prognosis; Type 2 AIP; Conclusions; References; 2: Epidemiology of Autoimmune Pancreatitis; Introduction; First Nationwide Survey of AIP in Japan; Second Nationwide Survey in Japan; Diagnosis; Treatment; Relapse; Third Nationwide Survey in Japan. International AIP Surveys Summary; References; 3: Pathophysiology of Autoimmune Pancreatitis; Introduction; Immunogenic Backgrounds; Innate Immunity; Possible Roles of IgG4 in Type 1 AIP; The Complement System; Autoantibodies and Candidate of Target Antigens; Role of B Cells; Th1 and Th2 Immune Balance; Regulatory T Cells; Hypothesis for the Pathogenesis of Type 1 AIP; Conclusion; References; 4: Pathology; General Considerations; Type 1 AIP/LPSP; Storiform Fibrosis; Pancreatic Parenchymal Inflammation; Ductal Inflammation; Lobular Inflammation; Nonparenchymal Tissue Inflammation. Peripancreatic InflammationVascular Inflammation; Nervous Inflammation; IgG4 Immunostaining; Histological Diagnostic Criteria of Type 1 AIP; Special Conditions That Could Be Associated with Type 1 AIP; Type 2 AIP/IDCP; Ductal Inflammation; Lobular Inflammation; Histological Diagnostic Criteria of Type 2 AIP; Biopsy Diagnosis of AIP; Concluding Remarks; References; 5: Pancreatic Endocrine and Exocrine Functions in Patients with Autoimmune Pancreatitis; Introduction; Endocrine Dysfunction Associated with Type 1 AIP; Exocrine Dysfunction Associated with Type 1 AIP. Pancreatic Exocrine and Endocrine Functions After Steroid Therapy in AIPThe Management of Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency in Patients with AIP Associated with Pancreatic Diabetes; Conclusion; References; 6: Type 2 AIP; Introduction; Epidemiology of Type 2 AIP; Imaging Features of Type 2 AIP; Histopathology of Type 2 AIP; Clinical Manifestations of Type 2 AIP; Diagnosis of Type 2 AIP; Treatment and Follow-Up; Conclusion; References; Part II: Diagnosis; 7: Diagnostic Criteria of Autoimmune Pancreatitis; Introduction; The JPS Diagnostic Criteria 2002 and 2006. Diagnostic Criteria in South Korea, the USA, and Europe Establishment of the International Consensus Criteria; Overview of the ICDC; Type 1 AIP; Type 2 AIP; AIP-Not Otherwise Specified (NOS); ICDC and the JPS Diagnostic Criteria 2011; Comparison of the Different Diagnostic Criteria for AIP; Differential Diagnosis Between AIP and Pancreatic Cancer; Summary; References; 8: Clinical Features; Introduction; Clinical Features; Distinguish AIP from Malignancy; Natural History and Prognosis of AIP; Summary; References; 9: Serology; Introduction; Diagnosis; Marker Sensitivities.
• Publisher Details: Berlin : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 209 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.3/7; Pancreatitis; Pancreatitis -- Diagnosis; Pancreatitis -- Treatment; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Pancreatitis; Pancreatitis -- Diagnosis; Pancreatitis -- Treatment; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783642550867; 3642550851; 9783642550850
• Related ISBNs: 364255086X; 9783642550850
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 3, 2014).
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