autoimmune pancreatitis
Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a rare pancreatic disease characterized by chronic non-alcoholic pancreatitis that presents with abdominal pain, steatorrhea, obstructive jaundice and responds well to steroid therapy and is seen in two subforms: type 1 AIP which affects elderly males, involves other organs and has increased immunoglobin G4 (IgG4) levels and type 2 AIP which affects both sexes equally but presents at a younger age and has no other organ involvement or increased IgG4 levels.
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autoimmune disorder of endocrine system
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autoimmune disorder of gastrointestinal tract
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pancreatitis
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immunoglobulin G4-related sclerosing disease
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AIP
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lymphoplasmocytic sclerosing pancreatitis
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