A clinical overview of IgG4-related systemic disease

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-66

  Khosroshahi, Arezou ^a   Stone, John H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

autoimmune pancreatitis; IgG4; IgG4 related systemic disease

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; EOSINOPHILIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWELLING; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHOLANGITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; ORBITAL DISEASES; PANCREATITIS; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; SIALADENITIS;

EID: 78650440734     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0b013e3283418057     Document Type: Article

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