title: [Autoimmune pancreatitis].
abstract: Over the last years several case reports and articles have been published suggesting that a new form of chronic pancreatitis has been diagnosed and named autoimmune pancreatitis. The present overview scrutinizes the proposed evidence in the light of the current literature and aims to prove whether autoimmune pancreatitis is a special entity of chronic pancreatitis.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gastroenterologie und Stoffwechselerkrankungen, Zentrum für Innere Medizin, Kliniken Essen Süd. kkh_sued@t-online.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rünzi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dejica
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Junge
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Layer
mesh_terms: D001324:Autoantigens / Q000032:analysis; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000276:immunology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001324:Autoantigens