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CASE REPORT: Autoimmune Pancreatitis Detected as a Mass in the Head of the Pancreas with Contiguous Fibrosis Around the Superior Mesenteric Artery

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    Takao Taniguchi, Shuji Seko, Katsumi Azuma, Kensuke Asagoe, Michiko Tamegai, Osamu Nishida, Fumihiko Inoue, Motozumi Okamoto, Takashi Mizumoto & Hisato Kobayashi

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Taniguchi, T., Seko, S., Azuma, K. et al. CASE REPORT: Autoimmune Pancreatitis Detected as a Mass in the Head of the Pancreas with Contiguous Fibrosis Around the Superior Mesenteric Artery. Dig Dis Sci 46, 187–191 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005626328815

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