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Corticosteroid-associated lupus pancreatitis: a case series and systematic review of the literature.

P DwivediR R KumarA DhooriaM B AdarshS MalhotraN KakkarS NaiduShefali Khanna SharmaA SharmaS JainArghya Chattopadhyay
Published in: Lupus (2019)
In a small but substantial proportion of patients with lupus who develop pancreatitis, it occurs within days to weeks of starting medium-to-high dose corticosteroids. Many of these patients continue to receive corticosteroids, and some receive more aggressive immunosuppression. However, they have significant mortality, and further studies are required to identify appropriate treatment in this subgroup of patients.
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