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Autoimmune Pancreatitis

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Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a unique type of chronic pancreatitis that has distinct pathological, histological, and clinical characteristics [1, 2]. In 1961, Sarles et al. first described a pancreatitis associated with hypergammaglobulinemia, suggesting autoimmunity as the etiology of pancreatitis [3]. The concept of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) was proposed by Yoshida et al. in 1995 [4]. Since then it has become recognized as a distinct entity, and many cases have been reported in Eastern countries, as well as in Western countries [5, 6].

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Woo, Y.S., Lee, K.T. (2015). Clinical Features. In: Kamisawa, T., Chung, J. (eds) Autoimmune Pancreatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55086-7_8

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