Is hypertrophic pachymeningitis a dural lesion of IgG4-related systemic disease?

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 594-596

  Riku, Shigeo ^a   Hashizume, Yoshio ^b   Yoshida, Mari ^b   Riku, Yuichi ^c  

^a CHUKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS NAGOYA FIRST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic pachymeningitis; IgG4; IgG4 related systemic disease; Multifocal fibrosclerosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; HYPERTROPHIC PACHYMENINGITIS; PLASMA CELL;

EID: 71949120909     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.49.594     Document Type: Article

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