Recurrent pleural and pericardium effusions in a white woman with IgG4-related syndrome

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 802-803

  Rossi, Giulio ^a   Marchioni, Alessandro ^b   Guicciardi, Novella ^c   Cadioli, Annamaria ^a   Cavazza, Alberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Operative Unit of Pneumology

^c Civic Hospital of Mirandola   (Italy)

^d S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; STEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANAMNESIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 RELATED SCLEROSING DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG BIOPSY; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYNDROME;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RECURRENCE; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65449189151     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31819841df     Document Type: Letter

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