Pancreas: Histological diagnostic criteria for autoimmune pancreatitis.
2011
Terumi Kamisawa, and
Tooru Shimosegawa
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D003937
Diagnosis, Differential
Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001327
Autoimmune Diseases
Disorders that are characterized by the production of antibodies that react with host tissues or immune effector cells that are autoreactive to endogenous peptides.
Removal and pathologic examination of specimens from the living body.
Biopsies
D050500
Pancreatitis, Chronic
INFLAMMATION of the PANCREAS that is characterized by recurring or persistent ABDOMINAL PAIN with or without STEATORRHEA or DIABETES MELLITUS. It is characterized by the irregular destruction of the pancreatic parenchyma which may be focal, segmental, or diffuse.
Chronic Pancreatitis
D032921
Consensus
General agreement or collective opinion; the judgment arrived at by most of those concerned.