A novel clinical entity, IgG4-related disease (IgG4RD): general concept and details

IgG4-related disease (IgG4RD) is a novel clinical disease entity characterized by elevated serum IgG4 concentration and tumefaction or tissue infiltration by IgG4-positive plasma cells. IgG4RD may be present in a certain proportion of patients with a wide variety of diseases, including Mikulicz’s di...

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Main Authors: Umehara, Hisanori, Okazaki, Kazuichi, Masaki, Yasufumi, Kawano, Mitsuhiro, Yamamoto, Motohisa, Saeki, Takako, Matsui, Shoko, Sumida, Takayuki, Mimori, Tsuneyo, Tanaka, Yoshiya, Tsubota, Kazuo, Yoshino, Tadashi, Kawa, Shigeyuki, Suzuki, Ritsuro, Takegami, Tsutomu, Tomosugi, Naohisa, Kurose, Nozomu, Ishigaki, Yasuhito, Azumi, Atsushi, Kojima, Masaru, Nakamura, Shigeo, Inoue, Dai
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer Japan 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3278618/