Retroperitoneal fibrosis: A clinicopathologic study with respect to immunoglobulin G4

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1833-1839

  Zen, Yoh ^a,b   Onodera, Manabu ^b   Inoue, Dai ^b   Kitao, Azusa ^b   Matsui, Osamu ^b   Nohara, Takahiro ^b   Namiki, Mikio ^b   Kasashima, Satomi ^c   Kawashima, Atsuhiro ^c   Matsumoto, Yasushi ^d   Katayanagi, Kazuyoshi ^e   Murata, Tetsuya ^f   Ishizawa, Shin ^g   Hosaka, Noriko ^h   Kuriki, Ken ⁱ   Nakanuma, Yasuni ^b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Laboratory Medicine

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KANAZAWA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f SUZUKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^h Nagano Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

ⁱ University of Tokyo   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Fibrosis; IgG4; Multifocal fibrosclerosis; Periaortitis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHLEBITIS; PLASMA CELL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBITIS; PLASMA CELLS; RECURRENCE; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73349092748     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181b72882     Document Type: Article

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