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01-01-2012 | Letter to the Editor

Oral steroid versus steroid pulse therapy for autoimmune pancreatitis: time to introduce new weapons

Authors: Ahad Eshraghian, Hamed Eshraghian

Published in: Journal of Gastroenterology | Issue 1/2012

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Title: Oral steroid versus steroid pulse therapy for autoimmune pancreatitis: time to introduce new weapons
Authors: Ahad Eshraghian
Hamed Eshraghian
Publication date: 01-01-2012
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: Journal of Gastroenterology / Issue 1/2012
Print ISSN: 0944-1174
Electronic ISSN: 1435-5922
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-011-0468-9

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