Publications by authors named "Asher Baer"
A number of lupus patients develop episodes of acute "idiopathic" pancreatitis, unrelated to the known causes of mechanical obstruction of the pancreatic duct or toxic-metabolic etiologies. This lupus-associated pancreatitis is rare. The estimated annual incidence was 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Involvement of the pancreas in systemic lupus erythematosus is rare. The purpose of this article is to provide a detailed review of lupus-associated pancreatitis.
Methods: We describe 3 patients with lupus-associated pancreatitis and review the English literature of the last 30 years, including the demographic, clinical, therapeutic, and prognostic aspects of this disorder.