Conference report: Korea-Japan symposium on autoimmune pancreatitis.
A consensus meeting on autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) was held in Seoul on August 31, 2007. Many Korean and Japanese gastroenterologist interested in AIP participated in the joint symposium, and issues related to histology, radiology, clinical manifestation, serology, and diagnostic criteria were discussed. This joint meeting indicated the need for unified diagnostic criterion for AIP in Korea and Japan. Here, we provide a summary of the symposium presentations and discussions.
Park
Seung Woo
SW
Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Chung
Jae Bock
JB
Otsuki
Makoto
M
Kim
Myung-Hwan
MH
Lim
Jae Hoon
JH
Kawa
Shigeyuki
S
Ito
Tetsuhide
T
Nishimori
Isao
I
Ryu
Ji Kon
JK
Okazaki
Kazuichi
K
Lee
Kyutaek
K
Kamisawa
Terumi
T