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Conference report: Korea-Japan symposium on autoimmune pancreatitis
Seung Woo Park1, Jae Bock Chung, Makoto Otsuki
1Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract:
A consensus meeting on autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) was held in Seoul on August 31, 2007. Many Korean and Japanese gastroenterologist interested in AIP participated in the joint symposium, and issues related to histology, radiology, clinical manifestation, serology, and diagnostic criteria were discussed. This joint meeting indicated the need for unified diagnostic criterion for AIP in Korea and Japan. Here, we provide a summary of the symposium presentations and discussions.
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