. Author Contributions Conceptualization: Naoki Konno, Hiroshi Watanabe. Data curation: Naoki Konno, Tomoyuki Asano, Shuzo Sato, Atsushi Komatsuda, Hiroshi Watanabe. Formal analysis: Naoki Konno, Hiroshi ... Watanabe. Funding acquisition: Hiroshi Watanabe. Investigation: Naoki Konno, Mitsuru Sugimoto, Yoshiaki Miura, Taichi Aihara, Hiroshi Watanabe. Methodology: Naoki Konno, Mitsuru Sugimoto, Tadayuki Takagi
, Tadayuki Takagi, Naoki Konno, Rei Suzuki, Hiroyuki Asama, Ko Watanabe, Yuichi Waragai, Hitomi Kikuchi, Mika Takasumi & Hiromasa OhiraDepartment of Endoscopy, Fukushima Medical University Hospital, Fukushima ... ScholarSearch for Naoki Konno in:Nature Research journals • PubMed • Google ScholarSearch for Rei Suzuki in:Nature Research journals • PubMed • Google ScholarSearch for Hiroyuki Asama in:Nature Research journals
Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is treatable with steroids, but relapse is frequent. The efficacy of steroid pulse therapy has been shown for various autoimmune diseases, but has not become established therapy. In this study, we reviewed the efficacy of steroid pulse therapy in 24 subjects who were diagnosed with AIP type 1 at our hospital. Patient characteristics, time-course of...