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Is <sup>18</sup>F‐fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography meaningful for estimating the efficacy of corticosteroid therapy in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis?

Minoru Shigekawa, Kenji Yamao, Akira Sawaki, Kazuo Hara, Tadayuki Takagi, Vikram Bhatia, Masami Nishio, Tsuneo Tamaki, Hussein El‐Amin, Zain El‐Abdeen Ahmed Sayed,

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences · 2009 · 49 citations · 13 references

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FDG-PET pattern at baseline, and a decrease in FDG uptake after a short steroid trial can be useful for discriminating AIP from PC.

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