Distribution of IgG4- and/or IgG-positive plasma cells in Hashimoto's thyroiditis: An immunohistochemical study

Pathobiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 267-272

  Kojima, Masaru ^a   Hirokawa, Mitsuyoshi ^b   Kuma, Haruji ^b   Nishihara, Eijun ^b   Masawa, Nobuhide ^a   Nakamura, Naoya ^c   Miyauchi, Akira ^b  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hashimoto's thyroiditis; IgG4 related sclerosing disease; Immunohistochemistry; Plasma cells

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GENOTYPE; GERMINAL CENTER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MICROSOME; PHLEBITIS; PLASMA CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA CELLS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 78649857778     PISSN: 10152008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319873     Document Type: Article

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