IgG4-related inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung, a pulmonary manifestation of the IgG4-related sclerosing disease

Basic and Applied Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-17

  Kim, Younghye ^a   Jeong, Hoiseon ^a   Kim, Aeree ^a   Kim, Han Kyeom ^a   Shin, Bong Kyung ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Immunoglobulin g; Lung; Plasma cell granuloma; Pulmonary

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952790407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17559294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-9294.2011.01098.x     Document Type: Article

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