Isolated thoracic aortitis: Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of 11 cases

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 352-360

  Laco, Jan ^a   Steiner, Ivo ^a   Holubec, Tomas ^a   Dominik, Jan ^a   Holubcova, Zdenka ^a   Vojacek, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aorta; Autoimmune disease; IgG4 positive plasma cell; IgG4 related disease; Isolated thoracic aortitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATED THORACIC AORTITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; PHLEBITIS; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUNICA MEDIA; VASA VASORUM;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CZECH REPUBLIC; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA CELLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 80052443774     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: 18791336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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