Treatment of hyper-IgG4 disease with sequential corticosteroids and tamoxifen - Case report and review of the literature

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 414-417

  Chacko, S ^a   Taskapan, H ^b   Roscoe, J ^c   Stein, J ^d   Woods, E ^d   Denton, T ^d   Ting, R ^b,c   Tam, P ^b,c   Oreopoulos, D G ^d   Rodriguez Justo, M ^e   Sikaneta, Tabo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Nephrology Associates   (Canada)

^c SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hyper IgG4 disease; Multifocal fibrosclerosis; Sequential corticosteroids; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATINE; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PREDNISONE; TAMOXIFEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE SEQUENCE; FIBROSIS; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; HYPERPLASIA; IDIOPATHIC MULTIFOCAL FIBROSCLEROSIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REMISSION; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; UREMIA; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; REVIEW; SIALOADENITIS;

FIBROSIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; SIALADENITIS; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 70350755364     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp72414     Document Type: Article

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