IgG4 syndrome: Old disease, new perspective

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1369-1370

  Fragoulis, George E ^a   Moutsopoulos, Haralampos M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 SYNDROME; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIKULICZ' DISEASE; SYNDROME;

EID: 77954430535     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.100383     Document Type: Editorial

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