IgG4-related sclerosing disease, an emerging entity: A review of a multi-system disease

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-34

  Divatia, Mukul ^a   Kim, Sun A ^b   Ro, Jae Y ^a,c,d,e  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; IgG4; IgG4 related sclerosing disease; Inflammatory fibrosclerosing lesion; Inflammatory pseudotumor; Lacrimal gland; Lymphadenopathy; Salivary gland; Sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; STEROID;

AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; BREAST DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; GALLBLADDER; GENDER; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DUCT CENTRIC CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 RELATED SYSTEMIC DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MESENTERY DISEASE; MORPHOLOGY; ORBIT; PANCREATITIS; PHLEBITIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RELAPSE; RETROPERITONEAL DISEASE; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SCLEROSIS; SKIN DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOM; THYROID DISEASE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; SALIVARY GLANDS; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84255205675     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2012.53.1.15     Document Type: Article

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