Degree of IgG4+ plasma cell infiltration in retroperitoneal fibrosis with or without multifocal fibrosclerosis [8]

Histopathology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 404-409

  Yamashita, K ^a   Haga, H ^a   Mikami, Y ^a   Kanematsu, A ^a   Nakashima, Y ^a   Kotani, H ^a   Ogawa, O ^a   Manabe, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LETTER; MALE; MULTIFOCAL FIBROSCLEROSIS; PANCREATITIS; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; SCLEROSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA CELLS; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 38849087228     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2007.02959.x     Document Type: Letter

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