Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome is associated with high levels of serum IgG4: A clinical Manifestation that Mimics IgG4-related disease

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1109-1112

  Wakamatsu, Ryo ^a   Watanabe, Hitoshi ^a   Suzuki, Keisuke ^a   Suga, Norihiro ^a   Kitagawa, Wataru ^a   Miura, Naoto ^a   Nishikawa, Kazuhiro ^a   Yokoi, Toyoharu ^a   Banno, Syogo ^a   Imai, Hirokazu ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome (HUVS); IgG4 related disease; Lymphadenopathy; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CHRONIC URTICARIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; FLUID THERAPY; GASTRITIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIC URTICARIAL VASCULITIS SYNDROME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; LABORATORY TEST; LEG EDEMA; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; PETECHIA; PROTEINURIA; SKIN BIOPSY; SPLENOMEGALY; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS; VASCULITIS, LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 79957626373     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.4515     Document Type: Article

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