Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia with abundant IgG4-positive cells infiltration, which was thought as pulmonary involvement of IgG4-related autoimmune disease

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-294

  Takato, Hazuki ^a   Yasui, Masahide ^a   Ichikawa, Yukari ^a   Fujimura, Masaki ^a   Nakao, Shinji ^a   Zen, Yoh ^a   Minato, Hiroshi ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; IgG4; Interstitial lung diseases; Lung fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BETA GLOBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; PREDNISOLONE; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; SURFACTANT PROTEIN D;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DRIVER; DRUG MEGADOSE; DUST; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INHALATION; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PLASMA CELL; SMOKING CESSATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; VITAL CAPACITY;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 40749118013     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0411     Document Type: Article

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