Autoimmune pancreatitis risk factors
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Iqra Qamar M.D.[2]
Overview
There are no established risk factors found to be associated with autoimmune pancreatitis.Patients with systemic autoimmune diseases such as Sjogren syndrome and Primary sclerosing cholangitis may be associated with an increased risk of autoimmune pancreatitis.
Risk Factors
- There are no established risk factors found to be associated with autoimmune pancreatitis.
- Patients with systemic autoimmune diseases such as Sjogren syndrome and Primary sclerosing cholangitis may be associated with an increased risk of autoimmune pancreatitis.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Kamisawa T, Egawa N, Nakajima H (2003). “Autoimmune pancreatitis is a systemic autoimmune disease”. Am. J. Gastroenterol. 98 (12): 2811–2. doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.08758.x. PMID 14687846.
- ↑ Stone JH, Zen Y, Deshpande V (2012). “IgG4-related disease”. N. Engl. J. Med. 366 (6): 539–51. doi:10.1056/NEJMra1104650. PMID 22316447.
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