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World J Gastroenterol. May 7, 2012; 18(17): 2099-2104
Published online May 7, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i17.2099
Differences between diffuse and focal autoimmune pancreatitis
Taku Tabata, Terumi Kamisawa, Kensuke Takuma, Seiichi Hara, Sawako Kuruma, Yoshihiko Inaba
Taku Tabata, Terumi Kamisawa, Kensuke Takuma, Seiichi Hara, Sawako Kuruma, Yoshihiko Inaba, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan
Author contributions: Tabata T and Kamisawa T contributed equally to this work, analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript; Takuma K, Hara S, Kuruma S and Inaba Y collected the data.
Supported by The Research Committee of Intractable Pancreatic Diseases (Principal investigator; Tooru Shimosegawa) 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, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan. kamisawa@cick.jp
Telephone: +81-3-38232101 Fax: +81-3-38241552
Received: May 31, 2011
Revised: August 19, 2011
Accepted: August 27, 2011
Published online: May 7, 2012
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