Low-dose maintenance steroid treatment could reduce the relapse rate in patients with type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis: a long-term Japanese multicenter analysis of 510 patients

Background The effect of maintenance steroid treatment (MST) in reducing the risk of relapse in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) remains under debate. The aim of this study was to validate the effect of MST on AIP administered in accordance with the 2010 Japanese consensus guidelines.