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Japanese consensus guidelines for management of autoimmune pancreatitis: II. Extrapancreatic lesions, differential diagnosis

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This study was supported by a grant-in-aid for Refractory Pancreatic Disease from the Ministry of Labor, Health, and Welfare of Japan.

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  1. Center for Health, Safety and Environmental Management, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan

    Shigeyuki Kawa

  2. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan

    Kazuichi Okazaki

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Terumi Kamisawa

  4. Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

    Toru Shimosegawa

  5. Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Masao Tanaka

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This article is the second of a three-article series on the Japanese consensus guidelines. Please see the first article in the series (doi:10.1007/s00535-009-0184-x) for the abstract, keywords, and names of committee members.

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Kawa, S., Okazaki, K., Kamisawa, T. et al. Japanese consensus guidelines for management of autoimmune pancreatitis: II. Extrapancreatic lesions, differential diagnosis. J Gastroenterol 45, 355–369 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-009-0197-5

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