Catching a chameleon: IgG4-related systemic disease

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 418-420

  Lim, Eu Jin ^a   Bhathal, Prithi S ^a,b   Tagkalidis, Peter P ^a   Speer, Antony G ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREATITIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

EID: 77958043955     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03974.x     Document Type: Article

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