IgG4-associated multifocal systemic fibrosis presenting with fever of unknown origin [1]

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-142

  Tsushima, K ^a   Kubo, K ^a   Kawa, S ^b   Hamano, H ^c  

^a First Dept of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^b Center for Health Safety and Environmental Management   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FIBROSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSITIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN 4 ASSOCIATED MULTIFOCAL SYSTEMIC FIBROSIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; SALIVARY GLAND BIOPSY; SIALOADENITIS;

EID: 33847350175     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcl138     Document Type: Letter

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