%0 Journal Article
%T Early pancreatic volume reduction on CT predicts relapse in patients with type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis treated with steroids
%A Hideki Miyata
%A Kazuhiro Tange
%A Mitsuhito Koizumi
%A Nobu Inada
%A Nobuaki Azemoto
%A Taira Kuroda
%A Teru Kumagi
%A Tomoyuki Yokota
%A Yoichi Hiasa
%A Yoshiki Imamura
%A Yoshinori Ohno
%A Yoshinori Tanaka
%A on behalf of the EPOCH Study Group
%J Archive of "Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases".
%D 2016
%R 10.1186/s13023-016-0487-y
%X Type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is clinically characterized by a response to steroid therapy. Despite having a favorable prognosis, AIP has a high relapse rate and factors predicting relapse in AIP patients treated with steroids have not yet been established
%K Autoimmune pancreatitis
%K Relapse factor
%K Pancreatic volume
%K Steroid therapy
%K CT
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4964064/