Analysis of serum IgG subclasses in churg-strauss syndrome-The meaning of elevated serum levels of IgG4

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1365-1370

  Yamamoto, Motohisa ^a   Takahashi, Hiroki ^a   Suzuki, Chisako ^a   Tabeya, Tetsuya ^a   Ohara, Mikiko ^a   Naishiro, Yasuyoshi ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Imai, Kohzoh ^a   Shinomura, Yasuhisa ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergy; Autoimmune pancreatitis; Churg strauss syndrome; IgG4; IgG4 related disease; Mikulicz's disease

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIKULICZ DISEASE; PLASMA CELL; SEROLOGY; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 77955007909     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.3532     Document Type: Article

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