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Pancreatic Disease in Sjögren’s Syndrome and IgG4-Related Disease

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The pancreas is a compound tubular-alveolar gland composed of an exocrine portion (serous acini) and an endocrine portion (islets of Langerhans). The islet cells make up only 1% of the total pancreatic mass.

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Khosroshahi, A., Stone, J.H., Deshpande, V. (2011). Pancreatic Disease in Sjögren’s Syndrome and IgG4-Related Disease. In: Ramos-Casals, M., Stone, J., Moutsopoulos, H. (eds) Sjögren’s Syndrome. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-947-5_18

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