A patient with IgG4-related disease detected due to the presence of optic disc edema

Folia Japonica de Ophthalmologica Clinica

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1207-1210

  Yukawa, Eiichi ^a   Nitta, Nobuto ^a   Taoka, Toshiaki ^a   Morita, Kohei ^a   Nishi, Tomo ^a   Hara, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disc edema; Hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis; Hypophysitis; IgG4 related disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650040720     PISSN: 18825176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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