Numerous IgG4-positive plasma cells are ubiquitous in diverse localised non-specific chronic inflammatory conditions and need to be distinguished from IgG4-related systemic disorders

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 237-243

  Strehl, Johanna D ^a   Hartmann, Arndt ^a   Agaimy, Abbas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CELL COUNT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IGG4 ASSOCIATED SCLEROSING DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KUTTNER TUMOR; PHLEBITIS; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; SIALOADENITIS; SIALOLITHIASIS; SYNOVITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFLAMMATION; NEOPLASMS; PLASMA CELLS; SCLEROSIS; SIALADENITIS; STOMATITIS; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 79951957942     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2010.085613     Document Type: Article

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